Bug 451638

Summary:	Invalid .desktop file results in empty Applications menu (and krunner)
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] kded-appmenu	Reporter:	Ben <kde.selbach>
Component:	menu exporter	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.18.8
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	qemu.desktop

Description Ben 2022-03-17 23:20:51 UTC

Created attachment 147571 [details]
qemu.desktop

SUMMARY
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I'm unsure of the component(s) involved with this

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Copy qemu.desktop file to /usr/share/applications/qemu.desktop (this file was obtained through a system update and wasn't a custom .desktop file)
2. Log out
3. Log in

OBSERVED RESULT
1. The application menu is completely empty
2. Unable to launch applications from krunner

EXPECTED RESULT
A single bad .desktop file shouldn't result in a completely empty menu

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.8
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.68.0
Qt Version: 5.12.8
Kernel: 5.16.11-76051611-generic

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This is a kubuntu 20.04 install 

Linux <redacted> 5.16.11-76051611-generic #202202230823~1646248261~20.04~2b22243~dev-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT Th x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Qemu Packages:
ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms/focal,focal,now 1.0.0+git-20150424.a25a16d-0ubuntu4 all [installed,automatic]
ipxe-qemu/focal-updates,focal-updates,now 1.0.0+git-20190109.133f4c4-0ubuntu3.2 all [installed,automatic]
libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu/focal-updates,now 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.15 amd64 [installed,automatic]
qemu-block-extra/focal-updates,focal-security,now 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.21 amd64 [installed,automatic]
qemu-kvm/focal-updates,focal-security,now 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.21 amd64 [installed]
qemu-system-common/focal-updates,focal-security,now 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.21 amd64 [installed,automatic]
qemu-system-data/focal-updates,focal-updates,focal-security,focal-security,now 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.21 all [installed,automatic]
qemu-system-gui/focal-updates,focal-security,now 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.21 amd64 [installed,automatic]
qemu-system-x86/focal-updates,focal-security,now 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.21 amd64 [installed,automatic]
qemu-utils/focal-updates,focal-security,now 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.21 amd64 [installed,automatic]

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-06-18 16:39:31 UTC

It's a bug in the app; please report this to the app developers.