It works for me with the following deskop file in ~/.local/share/applications/mplayer.desktop
[Desktop Entry] Name=MPlayer GenericName=Media player Exec=mplayer %U TryExec=mplayer Icon=mplayer Type=Application Categories=AudioVideo;Player; NoDisplay=true I've created the icons with: $ cd ~ $ wget http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/MPlayer.svg $ cd /usr/share/icons/hicolor $ for i in *x*; do sudo convert -background none ~/Mplayer.svg -resize $i $i/apps/mplayer.png; done $ sudo gtk-update-icon-cache -q -t -f /usr/share/icons/hicolor -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/857243 Title: (oneiric) mplayer does not install .desktop file and does not have an icon To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mplayer/+bug/857243/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
