And interestingly enough. Nautilus also displays the preview of the file as noise.
** Attachment added: "Nautilus also shows the icon as noise." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1787294/+attachment/5176038/+files/Schermafdruk%20van%202018-08-16%2000-36-31.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1787294 Title: ".ico" icon files are shown as random noise Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Steps to reproduce Create an .ico file (for using the same icon between multiple platforms) create a desktop file linking to the ico file. here is an example of the one that doesn't work [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Version=0.9.4 Name=ChromisPos Comment=Chromis Point of Sale Icon=/opt/chromispos/pos.ico Exec=/opt/chromispos/start.sh Terminal=false Path=/opt/chromispos gnome-shell (possibly dashtodock) displays this icon as a wash of noise. (see screenshot) In 16.04 the .ico works fine, and switching to Unity desktop also shows the .ico just fine. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.28.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-32.35-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-32-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Aug 16 00:29:47 2018 DisplayManager: lightdm GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.shell' b'favorite-apps' redacted by apport b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-im-module' b"'gtk-im-context-simple'" InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-15 (1004 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805) SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-08-15 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1787294/+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
