Unmarking this as 'invalid' because it's still the number one critical bug in the Unity 8 desktop.
This bug has been marked as 'Fix Released' for the upstream Oxide project, but the fix has apparently not yet been released in Ubuntu "Utopic Unicorn". ** Changed in: unity8-desktop-session (Ubuntu) Importance: High => Critical ** Changed in: unity8-desktop-session (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mesa in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1307709 Title: webbrowser-app does not start in Unity 8 preview session Status in Oxide Webview: Fix Released Status in Web Browser App: Invalid Status in “mesa” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “unity8-desktop-session” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The webbrowser app does not start when invoked from the Dash in Unity8 in the preview session. Upon clicking the icon the screen quickly flickers and returns to the Dash. You can get some more information when running the terminal app. You can make this app usable by uncommenting X-Ubuntu-StageHint=SideStage. From the terminal, run: webbrowser-app --desktop_file_hint=/usr/share/applications/webbrowser-app.desktop This takes me back to the Dash, return to the terminal to find: libEGL warning: unsupported platform (null) libEGL warning: unsupported platform (null) Segmentation fault (core dumped) I am attaching one of the crash dumps To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/oxide/+bug/1307709/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp