[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

** Changed in: bamf (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1506744 Title: Newly installed applications do not show in

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

** Changed in: glib Status: Confirmed => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1506744 Title: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash To

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

Yesterday, I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04. I then installed the Cinnamon desktop package. After installing from software center or using DEB, packages don't show up when searching for them. This thread is close to TWO years old and still there is no solution. The solutions provided above

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

Just got the same problem in Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS, after updating the system. Killing /usr/bin/unity-scope-loader helped me, thanks to the comment #12! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

Applications in filters ** Attachment added: "Applications in filters" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1506744/+attachment/4763580/+files/Screenshot%20from%202016-10-19%2009-57-45.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs,

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

I finally found out why the installed Applications were not showing up. Check for Filters options while searching and select the Applications button. Mine was not selected so it was listing due to filters applied. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

« After re-installing the unity-lens-applications the dash is working as expected. » Not entirely as expected since it does not show available applications to install see #1621106 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

It seems that the behaviour was caused by the upgrade process. All users were affected. After re-installing the unity-lens-applications the dash is working as expected. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

Same problem after upgrading from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04 today. Even gedit is not found inside the dash. Via cli gedit opens as expected. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

This also happens with newly downloaded files in Ubuntu 16.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1506744 Title: Newly installed applications do not show in the

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

This bug was fixed in the package libunity - 7.1.4+16.04.20160701-0ubuntu1 --- libunity (7.1.4+16.04.20160701-0ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=medium [ Andrea Azzarone ] * Process GFileMonitors signals with a small timeout. (LP: #1506744) -- Marco Trevisan (Treviño)

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

I enabled Xenial Proposed and installed updates, then I rebooted and installed about a dozen applications and they appeared fine in the dash, so far everything looks fine. Tag changed accordingly. ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

Hello Cerberus, or anyone else affected, Accepted libunity into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libunity/7.1.4+16.04.20160701-0ubuntu1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository. Please help us by testing this new

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-menus - 3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1 --- gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) xenial; urgency=medium [ Andrea Azzarone ] * debian/patches/80_file_monitor_delayed.patch: - delay the .desktop handling so the files are available by the time the

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

** Description changed: - I am running 15.10 development version fully up to date, I installed it - a few days ago and I have an issue with newly installed applications not - appearing in the dash when I search for them, they can be started via - console but the icons/launchers of newly installed

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: libunity (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

I updated today, and I don't have this bug, double checking is appreciated :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1506744 Title: Newly installed applications do not

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

I updated today, and I don't have this bug, double checking is appreciated :) ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

** Branch unlinked: lp:~3v1n0/bamf/triggers-noawait -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1506744 Title: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash To

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

** Branch linked: lp:~3v1n0/bamf/triggers-noawait -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1506744 Title: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash To manage

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

** Also affects: bamf (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: bamf (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: bamf (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => In Progress ** Changed in: bamf (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: bamf (Ubuntu)

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

OK will download the package once available and give it a try. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1506744 Title: Newly installed applications do not show in the

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

Hello Cerberus, or anyone else affected, Accepted gnome-menus into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome- menus/3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository. Please help us by testing this new package.

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

** Branch linked: lp:~ci-train-bot/libunity/libunity-ubuntu-xenial- landing-063 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1506744 Title: Newly installed applications do

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

** Branch linked: lp:~unity-team/libunity/x-sru1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1506744 Title: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash To manage

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

yes there will be a fix for xenial, the change needed to land to the current serie first and there SRU is a bit more work but it's going to come -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

Great, but there will be no fix for xenial? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1506744 Title: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash To manage

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-menus - 3.13.3-6ubuntu4 --- gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu4) yakkety; urgency=medium [ Andrea Azzarone ] * debian/patches/80_file_monitor_delayed.patch: - delay the .desktop handling so the files are available by the time the

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

To elaborate on the previous remark: why didn't we just replace: menu_monitor_queue_event (event_info); with: g_timeout_add_seconds (2, menu_monitor_queue_event, event_info); (and make sure menu_monitor_queue_event() returns FALSE)? -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

The latest patch looks good to me, but with a couple of notes (no need to fix these): - using the _full() version of the timeout call is not necessary here - now that this patch is simplified it becomes easy to see how all of this is just putting values into one structure and then later moving

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

A patch has already been proposed. The fix needs to be reviewed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1506744 Title: Newly installed applications do not show in the

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

Can you tell me why this obvious problem hasn't been fixed yet? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1506744 Title: Newly installed applications do not show in the

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

hi, I think Ubuntu team should focus this, currently everything is on the same par level from application support from 3rd party to linux desktop, and Unity is the next to near OS X user experience, I am not saying OS X is better, but I just want to say OS X user experience on operating system is

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

** Patch added: "80_file_monitor_delayed.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1506744/+attachment/4675926/+files/80_file_monitor_delayed.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

Switching away from Unity (and Ubuntu). This should be of high priority...especially because there is no launcher menu or other alternative to find your app. I'll try Ubuntu again in a year or so. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

The patch in comment 42 is not acceptable, for two big reasons. First: you need to hold a ref on the GFile object when you put it into the info struct. This means that you cannot simply use g_free for the struct: you need to write a custom free func that handles the unref as well. Also: you

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

This bug was fixed in the package libunity - 7.1.4+16.10.20160516-0ubuntu1 --- libunity (7.1.4+16.10.20160516-0ubuntu1) yakkety; urgency=medium [ Andrea Azzarone ] * Process GFileMonitors signals with a small timeout. (LP: #1506744) -- Marco Trevisan (Treviño)

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

The attachment "80_file_monitor_delayed.patch" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team. [This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

@Seb128 Please find attached a quilt patch for gnome-menus that should workaround the problem. Please note that https://code.launchpad.net/~azzar1/libunity/fix-1506744/+merge/294855 is also required. ** Patch added: "80_file_monitor_delayed.patch"

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Invalid ** Changed in: gnome-menus (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => In Progress ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Assignee: Andrea Azzarone (azzar1) => (unassigned) ** No longer affects: unity ** Changed in: gnome-menus (Ubuntu)

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

** Also affects: libunity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: libunity (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: libunity (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Andrea Azzarone (azzar1) ** Changed in: libunity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided =>

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

** Branch linked: lp:~azzar1/libunity/fix-1506744 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1506744 Title: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash To manage

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

** Tags added: desktop-trello-import -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1506744 Title: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash To manage

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

i've had the same issue with most every app that I've tried to install. I find that installing instead via Synaptic does seem to be a reliable workaround. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

Added to Trello: https://trello.com/c/AIeePGjR/3-bug-1506744-newly- installed-applications-do-not-show-in-the-dash -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1506744 Title:

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

Yep, it happened to me today - 16.04 LTS when I installed Docky via synaptic. The workaround worked... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1506744 Title: Newly

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

** Changed in: glib Status: Unknown => Confirmed ** Changed in: glib Importance: Unknown => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1506744 Title:

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #765723 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765723 ** Also affects: glib via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765723 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1506744] Re: Newly installed applications do not show in the dash

** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 1574759 Newly installed softwares do not appear in dash ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Low => High ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Triaged ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Andrea