This bug was fixed in the package gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng - 0.18.0-0ubuntu1
--------------- gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng (0.18.0-0ubuntu1) impish; urgency=medium * New upstream release - Fixed LP: #1917044 through e31c9df1 "Update desktop via dbus metadata change" * d/p/fileItem.js_Add_support_for_rendering_at_high_DPI_scales.patch: - Dropped, applied upstream * d/p/upstream-commits-until-20210712.patch - All upstream commits since the 0.18.0 release (LP: #1826056, LP: #1917010) * d/p/desktopGrid_Compare_rubberband_bounds_in_global_coord.patch: - Dropped, applied upstream -- Gunnar Hjalmarsson <gunna...@ubuntu.com> Wed, 14 Jul 2021 19:31:45 +0200 ** Changed in: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1917044 Title: Allow launching does not work Status in Gnome Shell Extension Desktop Icons Ng: Unknown Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Copied an app eg firefox.desktop from /usr/share/applications to desktop. new icon on desktop is a gray rectangle with a gear. right click on the icon on desktop. click on 'Allow launching' - nothing happen - icon should change to Firefox icon and Firefox should start if clicked click on Properties -> Permissions -> Allow executing: OK problem both in Wayland and X11. journalctl says: feb 26 13:50:53 corrado-x5-hh-0107 systemd-resolved[614]: Server returned error NXDOMAIN, mitigating potential DNS violation DVE-2018-0001, retrying transaction with reduced feature level UDP. feb 26 13:50:53 corrado-x5-hh-0107 systemd-resolved[614]: Server returned error NXDOMAIN, mitigating potential DNS violation DVE-2018-0001, retrying transaction with reduced feature level UDP. feb 26 13:50:54 corrado-x5-hh-0107 systemd-resolved[614]: Server returned error NXDOMAIN, mitigating potential DNS violation DVE-2018-0001, retrying transaction with reduced feature level UDP. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng/+bug/1917044/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp