From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: bug#35594: GNOME: Application icons are not displayed immediately after installation Date: Sun, 05 May 2019 22:21:59 -0400 Message-ID: <87pnowqq3h.fsf@netris.org> References: <16a8a4b4c07.ad1f7a9a40480.985002149086753257@zoho.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:50291) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hNTIR-0003QU-8v for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 05 May 2019 22:24:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hNTIQ-00044r-1c for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 05 May 2019 22:24:03 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:41821) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hNTIP-00044n-Um for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 05 May 2019 22:24:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hNTIP-0003vQ-If for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 05 May 2019 22:24:01 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <16a8a4b4c07.ad1f7a9a40480.985002149086753257@zoho.com> (sirgazil@zoho.com's message of "Sun, 05 May 2019 18:19:11 -0500") List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: sirgazil Cc: 35594@debbugs.gnu.org Hi, sirgazil 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. Mark