I decided to restart my system entirely, and Unity is now discovering
Inkscape (and launching it from the launcher and showing in the task
switcher). So, it may be that this was just a fluke. That being so, I'm
changing the bug report to a question, though my question is really
whether this is worth looking into any further or is simply best left
mysterious. Thoughts?
** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
** Converted to question:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+question/209576
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Title:
Inkscape does not show up in dash or task switcher and does not launch
from launcher in Unity
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
Not entirely sure that this is a Unity issue, but that's my best guess
right now.
I'm running a fresh installation of Ubuntu quantal (12.10),
updated/upgraded as of today, and using Unity 6.6.0-0ubuntu1 and
Inkscape 0.48.3.1-1ubuntu6 (Inkscape is the only software for which
I've encountered this problem so far; everything else works as
expected).
A few unexpected things are happening:
1. When I open the Dash and search for 'inkscape' (without the
quotes), I get no results (it either tells me "Sorry, [etc.]," or it
gives me suggestions for online books about Inkscape, but under no
circumstances does it actually present Inkscape itself). Inkscape is
definitely installed on my system, as I can start it from the command
line; it was installed using apt-get and shows up in my installed
packages. For example:
$ dpkg --get-selections | grep inkscape
inkscape install
$ apt-cache policy inkscape
inkscape:
Installed: 0.48.3.1-1ubuntu6
Candidate: 0.48.3.1-1ubuntu6
Version table:
*** 0.48.3.1-1ubuntu6 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
That being so, I'd expect Dash to find Inkscape.
2. After I started Inkscape from the command line, I pinned it to the
Unity launcher. If I then try to start it by clicking on its icon on
the launcher, the icon simply blinks a few times (the standard
activation behavior) and then stops; inkscape doesn't start as
expected.
3. When I do manage to start Inkscape from the command line, it
doesn't show up in Unity's task-switcher (ALT+TAB). Unity simply seems
to have no idea that it's around on my system.
Please let me know if I can provide any further info about this.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: unity 6.6.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.23-generic 3.5.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for
`/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
Date: Tue Sep 25 22:08:04 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta amd64 (20120925)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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