I don't think we know of a good way to fix this for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
The "duplicate" .desktop was provided for upgrade compatibility reasons
and will be dropped in Ubuntu 18.10. But we can't really drop it in
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS because we want it to be there for the upgrade to
finish there even for users who haven't upgraded to 18.04 LTS yet.
** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Triaged
** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1739263
Title:
Gnome terminal always open new window in gnome shell
Status in gnome-terminal package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
How to regenerate:
1. Open dash and search for terminal
2. Click to open terminal
3. After opening a terminal window, open dash again and search for terminal
4. In gnome shell, icon doesn't show any indicator that another window of
terminal is already running and click on the icon will create a new window
Possible cause:
Installation of gnome-terminal create two .desktop file in
/usr/share/applications. (gnome-terminal.desktop and org.gnome.Terminal.desktop)
Workaround:
1. Delete /usr/share/applications/gnome-terminal.desktop
2. Edit /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Terminal.desktop and modify
NoDisplay=true to NoDisplay=false
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: gnome-terminal 3.24.2-0ubuntu4 [modified:
usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Terminal.desktop]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-19.22-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Dec 20 01:04:16 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-26 (54 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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