Blender is.... gone [Gnome 3]

Exodus111 · 2014-01-16 03:27:18

After the update to Blender yesterday i can no longer find the Icon in my Gnome desktop. I used to have it favorites, its gone, and I cant find it anywhere.

But I can launch it from terminal no prob... And then the program and its icon is totally visible in the sidebar.

So is this some packaging error? How do I fix it?

drcouzelis · 2014-01-16 14:39:30

Try deleting any local ".desktop" files for Blender.

cd ~/.local/share/applications # This is where your local ".desktop" launch icons are
grep -i blender * # Find any that are used to start Blender

If you find any ".desktop" files there, try deleting them (or moving them) then logging out and in again. Does that bring the icon back?

What's the GNOME "sidebar"? I don't remember hearing that term before in GNOME...

Jodell · 2014-01-16 17:03:17

Instead of logging out, restart the shell my pressing alt + f2. When the dialog box opens press r and then enter.

Exodus111 · 2014-01-17 07:21:17

drcouzelis wrote:

Try deleting any local ".desktop" files for Blender.
cd ~/.local/share/applications # This is where your local ".desktop" launch icons are
grep -i blender * # Find any that are used to start Blender
If you find any ".desktop" files there, try deleting them (or moving them) then logging out and in again. Does that bring the icon back?

The only .desktop files there where wine extensions, should I still try to move them?
the grep command just hung forever, had to break out to get the terminal back.

Blender was updated through pacman again today, but the problem persists.

drcouzelis · 2014-01-17 14:27:26

Exodus111 wrote:

The only .desktop files there where wine extensions, should I still try to move them?

No, the Wine ".desktop" files are unrelated to the problem.

the grep command just hung forever, had to break out to get the terminal back.

I think you forgot the asterisk.

I double checked the "blender.desktop" file just now. It looks fine to me. I'm afraid I don't know what the problem could be.

Exodus111 · 2014-01-18 09:16:52

Hey now it works. Restarting after the latest update put everything back to normal.

Thanks for your help, and yeah I probably screwed up the Grep command.

Arch Linux

#1 2014-01-16 03:27:18

Blender is.... gone [Gnome 3]

#2 2014-01-16 14:39:30

Re: Blender is.... gone [Gnome 3]

#3 2014-01-16 17:03:17

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#4 2014-01-17 07:21:17

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#5 2014-01-17 14:27:26

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#6 2014-01-18 09:16:52

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