This bug was fixed in the package mate-panel - 1.18.1-0ubuntu2.1
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mate-panel (1.18.1-0ubuntu2.1) zesty; urgency=medium
* Added patches:
+ fix-transparent-panel-crashes.patch - fixes occasional crashes
when the panel is transparent (LP: #1675888)
+ fix-crash-on-empty
Testing in Zesty. It's done after testing the fix for bug 1675888, so
the packages are already updated to version 1.18.1-0ubuntu2.1 from
zesty-proposed.
- made the Icon field empty in /usr/share/applications/pluma.desktop
- restarted the panel
- reinstalled engrampa package (it could be any packag
Hello David, or anyone else affected,
Accepted mate-panel into zesty-proposed. The package will build now and
be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mate-
panel/1.18.1-0ubuntu2.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed
repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See
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** Description changed:
+ [Impact]
+
+ Any .desktop file from /usr/share/applications which contains the empty Icon
+ field makes mate-panel crash. It's very annoying and confusing because you
+ don't have to create a panel launcher from that file - it happens by itself,
+ usually during package
** Also affects: mate-panel (Ubuntu Zesty)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: mate-panel (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
** Changed in: mate-panel (Ubuntu Zesty)
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: mate-panel (Ubuntu Zesty)
Importance: Undeci
** Tags added: ubuntu-mate-zesty-sru
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mate-panel crashes on empty Icon field in any .desktop file
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