Hello, sirgazil <sirga...@zoho.com> writes:
> Hi, > > I installed the GNU system in a real machine using Guix 1.0 ISO > installer > (https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.0.0.x86_64-linux.iso.xz). > > Whenever I install a desktop application, the application icon does > not show up immediately in the list of available applications. I have > to log out and log in again to be able to see it. > > > ## Steps to reproduce > > 1. Install a desktop application (I tried GIMP, Scribus, Inkscape, Audacity) > 2. Click on "Activities". > 3. Click on "Show Applications" (the button with nine dots). > > > ## Unexpected result > > The icon of the installed application is not in the list. > > > ## Expected result. > > The icon of the installed application is in the list. After asking in the #gnome channel on freenode, the problem is likely caused by GNOME Shell using inotify to watch the $XDG_DATA_DIRS referenced $HOME/.guix-profile/share/applications directory. The problem is that the inode of such directory will never change, as it points to the current profile under /gnu/store: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- $ ls -id $HOME/.guix-profile/share/applications 72653730 /home/maxim/.guix-profile/share/applications/ maxim@hurd ~/src/guix$ realpath $HOME/.guix-profile/share/applications /gnu/store/ph6a7fy735w5nycmf3za77m6v3g0r7xb-profile/share/applications maxim@hurd ~/src/guix$ ls -id /gnu/store/ph6a7fy735w5nycmf3za77m6v3g0r7xb-profile/share/applications 72653730 /gnu/store/ph6a7fy735w5nycmf3za77m6v3g0r7xb-profile/share/applications/ --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Any applications making use of inotify to discover changes (to plugins, for example) is at risk of having the same problem in Guix. I don't currently have an idea of how we can fix this. Maxim
