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bug#35594: GNOME: Application icons are not displayed immediately after
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sirgazil |
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bug#35594: GNOME: Application icons are not displayed immediately after installation |
Date: |
Mon, 06 May 2019 06:34:40 -0500 |
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---- On Sun, 05 May 2019 21:21:59 -0500 Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> wrote
----
> Hi,
>
> sirgazil <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > I installed the GNU system in a real machine using Guix 1.0 ISO
> > installer
> > (https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.0.0.x86_64-linux.iso.xz).
> >
> >
> > Whenever I install a desktop application, the application icon does
> > not show up immediately in the list of available applications. I have
> > to log out and log in again to be able to see it.
>
> Indeed, this has always been the case on Guix, and I agree it would be
> good to fix it. FWIW, another way to refresh the list of available
> applications from GNOME Shell is to type: Alt-F2, and then enter the
> single letter "r" as the command. That should restart GNOME Shell
> without affecting your other applications. (Unfortunately for me, this
> only works under Xorg, not Wayland.)
>
> A related issue is that if you upgrade a program in Guix, and then
> launch it using GNOME Shell, it will launch the old one. That's because
> our installed desktop files are specifically rewritten to launch the
> program via an absolute path name /gnu/store/xxxxx/bin/* instead of
> simply looking in PATH, and GNOME Shell continues to use the old desktop
> files until it's restarted. This was implemented back in 2016, here:
>
>
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=d31860b9de07810e114490db5cc160a8b078c58d
>
>
> I remember thinking it was a bad idea at the time, but I didn't have
> enough energy to speak up about it.
I see... Thanks for the information, Mark.