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App icon doesn't show in Unity Dock

Asked by William Pabon

Hi:

Yesterday, I installed the RPN calculator (grpn). When I dragged it to the Dock it didn't show any icon (except the default question mark icon). Ok, I removed it from the dock, went to the applications folder, edited the desktop file, and assigned one of the icons from the 64 pix folder. Then, I dragged the desktop file from the applications folder to the dock, and viola, I now had the app with an icon in the dock. The problem is that after I restart the pc, the dock shows the app with the question mark icon again, instead of the one I assigned to it. In the applications folder, the desktop file shows correctly the icon I selected. Tried the previous exercise a couple of times with the same result. Am I missing a critical step to make the dock recognize the icon I selected for the app? Your help is appreciated.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

How did you install the application?

Thanks

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William Pabon (williepabon) said : 		#2

Hi, Andrew:
I installed the app from Synaptic Package manager, check marked and applied.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

I suggest you report a bug. If the application is from the Ubuntu repositories then this should just work.

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William Pabon (williepabon) said : 		#4

Andrew:
Found a workaround for this problem. Created a symlink of the desktop file, moved it to one one of the folders in my home directory and then dragged this to the dock. Still, I will create a bug report. thanks

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