This desktop file contains NoDisplay=true because it is meant to be replaced by the desktop file installed by the snap package, which lives in /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/chromium_chromium.desktop. If both were visible, desktop environment would show two entries for chromium, which would be confusing.
I'm not familiar with LXDE/LXQt, but I assume it should respect the XDG spec by looking for desktop files under $XDG_DATA_DIRS, which snapd patches to add /var/lib/snapd/desktop (can you confirm the value of the environment variable does contain this path?). If it doesn't, that would be a bug in the DE. There is some code in the wrapper script (/usr/bin/chromium-browser) that handles replacing existing favourites for various well-known desktop environment (see https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~chromium-team /chromium-browser/groovy-stable/view/head:/chromium-browser), but it doesn't yet handle LXDE/LXQt. Contributions to implement this are very welcome. ** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1887227 Title: desktop launcher for chromium invisible Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Hi, I was wondering why I could not launch chromium from Lubuntu desktop since upgrading to 20.04. The chromium package has been replaced by a stub package which just installs the chromium snap. The desktop launcher just does not show an entry for chromium. The reason might be that /usr/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop contains NoDisplay=true After removing this line, everything works fine and as normal, desktop launcher has an entry and it works. So why does that file contain that line inhibiting it's function? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: chromium-browser 83.0.4103.97-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-37.41-generic 5.4.41 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-37-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: LXQt Date: Sat Jul 11 13:33:44 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-06-12 (28 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) Snap.Changes: ID Status Spawn Ready Summary 15 Done 2020-07-11T00:48:29+02:00 2020-07-11T00:48:32+02:00 Connect chromium:password-manager-service to snapd:password-manager-service Snap.ChromeDriverVersion: ChromeDriver 83.0.4103.116 (8f0c18b4dca9b6699eb629be0f51810c24fb6428-refs/branch-heads/4103@{#716}) Snap.ChromiumVersion: Chromium 83.0.4103.116 snap SourcePackage: chromium-browser UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1887227/+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
