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linux4me

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[SOLVED] Filezilla Upgrade To 3.24.1-1 Removes Menu Application Icon

I noticed when I upgraded Filezilla from 3.24.0-1 to 3.24.1-1, the Filezilla icon is removed from my Applications menu. I confirmed this is an issue on two different machines and in Cinnamon and XFCE. Filezilla still runs just fine from a terminal.

With 3.24.0-1 installed, In /usr/share/applications, there is the usual Filezilla icon with the file name "FileZilla". If I install 3.24.1-1, that file is replaced with "filezilla.desktop" and the icon is the default for the *.desktop extension rather than the Filezilla icon. I  compared the two files, and there doesn't seem to be anything in them that would account for the problem. Renaming "filezilla.desktop" to "FileZilla" and restarting Cinnamon didn't help. Downgrading Filezilla from 3.24.1-1 to 3.24.0-1 fixes it.

I'm not sure what steps to take to troubleshoot this further, or if it's an actual bug that I should report.

Last edited by linux4me (2017-03-05 17:45:07)

cyrus

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Re: [SOLVED] Filezilla Upgrade To 3.24.1-1 Removes Menu Application Icon

Can confirm the same.

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/53146?p … =filezilla

Last edited by cyrus (2017-03-05 00:12:42)

R00KIE

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Re: [SOLVED] Filezilla Upgrade To 3.24.1-1 Removes Menu Application Icon

The problem is with the desktop file. It seems it includes the Byte-order mark (BOM) at the start of the file and that throws off xfce's menu. If you check the .desktop file with desktop-file-validate it also complains.

The PKGBUILD was not changed from 3.24.0-1 to 3.24.1-1 except for the version and checksum so this is an upstream problem.

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fredbezies

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Registered: 2011-07-28

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Re: [SOLVED] Filezilla Upgrade To 3.24.1-1 Removes Menu Application Icon

Not only Xfce. You can add also Mate-Desktop to this list.

SupKurtJ

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Re: [SOLVED] Filezilla Upgrade To 3.24.1-1 Removes Menu Application Icon

Hello,

Same problem with KDE Plasma 5.

linux4me

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Re: [SOLVED] Filezilla Upgrade To 3.24.1-1 Removes Menu Application Icon

The problem is with the desktop file. It seems it includes the Byte-order mark (BOM) at the start of the file and that throws off xfce's menu. If you check the .desktop file with desktop-file-validate it also complains.

The PKGBUILD was not changed from 3.24.0-1 to 3.24.1-1 except for the version and checksum so this is an upstream problem.

Thanks! I'm always so relieved when these things aren't just me.

Here's the upstream bug report.

The workaround is to edit /usr/share/applications/filezilla.desktop and delete the hidden characters preceding the opening bracket "[" for Desktop Entry, saving the file, then restarting your desktop. I just deleted the opening square bracket with everything preceding it and re-entered the square bracket to make sure I had it all. It worked for me.

Smoerrebroed

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Registered: 2011-07-24

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Re: [SOLVED] Filezilla Upgrade To 3.24.1-1 Removes Menu Application Icon

Same for me with good old GNOME 3.22!