This usually happens when unity8/unity-mir rejects the incoming application connection request. It does this when not expecting the app startup, or if the app does not supply a correct and existing --desktop_file_hint parameter to the application.
As initial debugging, can you please check that: 1. the application binary is launched with the argument --desktop_file_hint=/path/to/desktop-file.desktop 2. that by the XDG spec, the only accepted places for desktop files are /usr/share/applications and $HOME/.local/share/applications. A custom path to an existing desktop file will not be accepted 3. that the desktop file actually exists Future warning: we will soon need that the environment variable APP_ID should be set to the app's app id when the application is launched. The fact that autopilot is not using upstart-app-launch to launch apps is highly inconvenient, as upstart-app-launch is designed to do the right thing. --desktop_file_hint is not a long term solution. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1262982 Title: dialer-app crashed: QUbuntu: Could not create application instance To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity-mir/+bug/1262982/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
