(Possible) fix: Put a # in from of "DBusActivatable=true" in /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.font-viewer.desktop
[Desktop Entry] Name=Font Viewer Comment=View fonts on your system Keywords=fonts;fontface; Icon=preferences-desktop-font Exec=gnome-font-viewer %u Terminal=false Type=Application DBusActivatable=true StartupNotify=true Categories=GTK;GNOME;Utility;X-GNOME-Utilities; MimeType=application/x-font-ttf;application/x-font-pcf;application/x-font-type1; application/x-font-otf; X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=gnome-font-viewer X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=general X-GNOME-Bugzilla-OtherBinaries=gnome-thumbnail-font X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Version=3.16.2 X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=gnome-font-viewer One liner: sudo sed -ir 's/^\(DBus\)/#\1/' /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.font- viewer.desktop -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-font-viewer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607937 Title: font viewer starred from dash: Unknown option --gapplication-service Status in gnome-font-viewer package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 Fully updated. $ gnome-font-viewer --version GNOME Font Viewer 3.16.2 - starting from command-line: no problems. - starting from dash: application is shown in launcher but kills itself. - /var/log/syslog shows ... Jul 29 22:18:08 schijfwereld org.gnome.font-viewer[3361]: Unknown option --gapplication-service Jul 29 22:18:08 schijfwereld org.gnome.font-viewer[3361]: Run '/usr/bin/gnome-font-viewer --help' to see a full list of available command line options. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-font-viewer/+bug/1607937/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
