Public bug reported: Hi, in 22.10 beta there seem to be several problems with *desktop files related to the gnome terminal. They cause misbehaviour of the Terminal application with ubuntu dock.
There are two such files: /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Terminal.Preferences.desktop /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Terminal.desktop I think the first one should be removed which solves all problems listed below. ************************************ 1) misbehaviour of Ubuntu Dock ************************************ The system, after upgrading to 22.10 experienced the following problem (see the attached image for reference): * the terminal app which was pinned as favorite into the dock (before the upgrage) launched a terminal, but the terminal icon was duplicated in the "non-favorite" section. * mouse hover over "Terminal" in favorites (up) gave toolip "Terminal" and * mouse hover over "terminal" in non-favorites (below) gives tooltip "Preferences" * If I remove the "Terminal" from favorites from Ubuntu Dock, no option to "Pin/add to Favorites" of the terminal when right-clicking on its icon in the non-favorite section. ************************************ 2) syntax error in the *desktop file ************************************ file /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Terminal.Preferences.desktop seems to have a syntax error lacki@machine: desktop-file-validate /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Terminal.Preferences.desktop /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Terminal.Preferences.desktop: error: file contains key "SingleMainWindow" in group "Desktop Entry", but keys extending the format should start with "X-" I changed "SingleMainWindow" to "X-SingleMainWindow" and the message went away. ************************************ 3) duplication of functionality, likely a conflict ************************************ It seems to me that the file /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Terminal.Preferences.desktop duplicates the functionality of the /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Terminal.desktop the latter has the section: [Desktop Action preferences] Name=Preferences Exec=gnome-terminal --preferences The former defines the application with Exec=gnome-terminal --preferences both have same WM_CLASS (Gnome-terminal). I deleted the file /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Terminal.Preferences.desktop and the terminal application behaves as every other icon ************************************ summary + proposed solution ************************************ To sum up I think that: 1) /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Terminal.Preferences.desktop contains a syntax error 2)/usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Terminal.Preferences.desktop should not be included at all, as it conflicts with )/usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Terminal.desktop Removing file /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Terminal.Preferences.desktop from /usr/share/applications/ and reloading desktop files solves all issues above. -------------------------------- gnome-terminal: Installed: 3.46.1-2ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.46.1-2ubuntu1 Version table: *** 3.46.1-2ubuntu1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10 Package: gnome-terminal 3.46.1-2ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-19.19-generic 5.19.7 Uname: Linux 5.19.0-19-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.23.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Oct 11 21:09:08 2022 EcryptfsInUse: Yes SourcePackage: gnome-terminal UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to kinetic on 2022-10-06 (5 days ago) mtime.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: 2022-10-10T14:06:35.165176 ** Affects: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug kinetic ** Attachment added: "double occurence of the Terminal icon." https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1992505/+attachment/5623107/+files/dock.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1992505 Title: several problems with *desktop files for gnome-terminal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1992505/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs