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lomiri: app icons in the launcher's drawer sometimes don't appear (e.g. directly after package installation)

How to reproduce this issue:

  • Install Debian 13 minimal on physical hardware (e.g. a notebook) or a VM, and run apt install lomiri. Reboot.
  • Login into Lomiri
  • click on the logo top-left and open the launcher's drawer
  • look at the icons and app names, all should be visible as you'd expect things to be
  • Install some package that adds a .desktop file to /usr/share/applications, such as xterm

What you will observe:

  • The xterm name shows app in the launcher (actually xterm comes with two .desktop files, so to app entries)
  • but the xterm icon will not be shown immediately after installation
  • logout/login
  • Icon of xterm apps are shown

What should happen:

  • after app installation app name and app icon should appear immediately

Check also:

  • There is a report in Lomiri upstream, that a similar thing is happening with .desktop files that have NoDisplay=true
  • Also assure that when uninstalling apps, entries are properly removed from the launcher's draw and the launcher
Edited by Mike Gabriel