Linux GUI apps not showing up in Start Menu
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Description
(Submitting this separately from #4 because I don't believe it to be the same issue as #4.)
Environment
Windows build number: 21365
Your Distribution version: Debian 11 (bullseye/sid) / Ubuntu 20.04
Your WSLg version: 1.0.17.1
Steps to reproduce
Unknown (should be automatic, I believe?).
I have been using GUI apps on the former distribution for some time before WSLg was released; the latter distribution was a fresh install. In neither case have the Linux GUI apps showed up in the Start menu, and I can confirm that in both cases definition files exist for them under /usr/share/applications.
WSL logs:
Expected behavior
Icons representing the Linux GUI apps should show up in a distro-specific folder, per this repo's README.
Actual behavior
No such icons appear.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the README section describing distro-specific Start menu icons, then review the attached pulseaudio.log, weston.log, and versions.txt files. Reproduce the behavior on the listed Debian and Ubuntu environments and trace why desktop definitions under /usr/share/applications are not surfaced. Done means Linux GUI app icons appear in the expected distro-specific Start menu folder.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100