Yes I too have just encountered this. It was very frustrating to find the cause, and after hours of searching came across the missing ".png" extension.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alacarte in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1241841 Title: icon of a new entry is added without an extension Status in “alacarte” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When adding a new entry to the application menu via alacarte, it's specified icon is processed incorrectly. Namely, it's extension is ommited. For example, if the icon's name is "foo.png", then the program creates a desctop entry with Icon set to "foo" instead of "foo.png". ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: alacarte 3.10.0-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Oct 19 00:03:09 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-18 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: alacarte UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alacarte/+bug/1241841/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
