Bug 428548

Summary:	Flatpak app icons display "unknown" or are blank when first installed before rebooting
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	ioscmd
Component:	general	Assignee:	David Edmundson <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	minor	CC:	nate, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.19.5
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Icons before restart Icons after restart

Description ioscmd 2020-11-01 09:49:34 UTC

SUMMARY
The very first time you install some flatpak apps, you need to restart your system to see the proper icon of the app installed; otherwise it shows a white generic icon.
After the first time you reboot your system, the problem never happens again, and the icons of the apps installed, are shown correctly.
I verified this behaviour with Kubuntu and Fedora KDE

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Make a clean install of a KDE-based distro
2. Install some flatpak apps to verify the white generic icon
3. Reboot your system to verify the proper icon to appear

OBSERVED RESULT


EXPECTED RESULT


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora 33 Workstation KDE Spin
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.73.0
Qt Version: 5.15.1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2020-11-04 19:16:47 UTC

Works for me, but I'm not sure I understand the problem. Where are you seeing these generic icons displayed? Which flatpak apps?

Comment 2 ioscmd 2020-11-04 20:58:04 UTC

Created attachment 133032 [details]
Icons before restart

This snapshot shows you the White icons in the menu soon after the very first installation of some flatpak apps

Comment 3 ioscmd 2020-11-04 20:59:17 UTC

Created attachment 133033 [details]
Icons after restart

This snapshot shows you the correct icons in the menu and in the desktop after the reboot

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2020-11-04 21:17:21 UTC

Hmm, in both Folder View as symlinks, and also in Kickoff. Kind of weird. Dunno where the bug could be.

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2021-08-31 18:50:04 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 407515 ***