- Description I installed Firefox snap package, and opened it from the menu and right clicked in its icon in the Task manager and pinned it. Then I closed it, and opened it again; this time by clicking on its icon in the Task Manager. The "first-run" window showed up again, and Firefox was using the system theme. I checked, and it indeed was using the $HOME/.mozilla directory rather than $HOME/snap/firefox/common/.mozilla directory. It does not happen when launching Firefox from the menu. The same is true for Chromium snap package. Same thing happens when using Icons-only Task Manager. I tested in Debian Buster and openSUSE Tumbleweed, both produce the same results. This does not happen in GNOME desktop. Another problem with this approach is that when snapd updates Firefox, launching it from the Task Manager opens the old version, not the updated one, unless unpinned and pinned again. - STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Install Firefox snap package 2. Open Firefox snap package from the menu 3. Right click on the icon in the Task Manager and click on Pin 4. Close Firefox 5. Open Firefox again, this time by clicking on its icon in the Task Manager - OBSERVED RESULT Firefox uses $HOME/.mozilla instead of $HOME/snap/firefox/common/.mozilla to store user profiles. - EXPECTED RESULT Firefox should use $HOME/snap/firefox/common/.mozilla to store user profiles. - SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Distribution: Debian Buster, openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE Plasma Version: 5.14.3, 5.14.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.51.0, 5.53.0 Qt Version: 5.11.2, 5.12.0
At a plasma level we just run whatever is in the Exec line of the .desktop file. Your bug isn't in any code we control, sorry
(In reply to David Edmundson from comment #1) > At a plasma level we just run whatever is in the Exec line of the .desktop > file. > > Your bug isn't in any code we control, sorry This is interesting actually. I tried launching it from a laucnher on the desktop and the problem does not show up then. It seems that if it launches according to the .desktop file, all goes well. But pinning it may do a modification to the .desktop file. Perhaps it removes the beginning "env ..." line?
Right click -> "edit applications" should show you. If you do find some info that suggests we're breaking the .desktop file please do reopen this with the newfound information.
(In reply to David Edmundson from comment #3) > Right click -> "edit applications" should show you. > > If you do find some info that suggests we're breaking the .desktop file > please do reopen this with the newfound information. Found the problem. It seems that when pinning Firefox, Task Manager is not using the .desktop file at all. It is using the /snap/firefox/159/firefox binary instead. I also installed opera-developer snap and pinned it. Task Manager correctly pins .desktop file for opera-developer, but not for Firefox.
It's in the $HOME/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc file. It contains a lot of gibberish, but here is a summarized one without all the extra bits. I also uploaded a full version of the file at https://pastebin.com/t9zkxteC. plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc:launchers=applications:org.kde.dolphin.desktop,applications:opera-developer_opera-developer.desktop?iconData=[CUT],file:///snap/firefox/159/firefox?iconData=[CUT],applications:chromium.desktop,applications:com.discordapp.Discord.desktop,applications:steam.desktop,applications:qbittorrent.desktop,applications:lutris.desktop,applications:q4wine.desktop,file:///usr/bin/gimp-2.10?iconData=[CUT],applications:obs.desktop,applications:org.kde.kdenlive.desktop,file:///usr/bin/ghb?iconData=[CUT],applications:org.kde.kate.desktop,applications:virtualbox.desktop,applications:systemsettings.desktop,applications:org.kde.konsole.desktop
> file:///snap/firefox/159/firefox Looks like the task manager is getting confused by the fact that Snaps are mounted. Out of curiosity, do you see any difference between: - Pinning the Snap Firefox when it's currently running - Pinning the Snap Firefox when it's not running
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #6) > Out of curiosity, do you see any difference between: > - Pinning the Snap Firefox when it's currently running > - Pinning the Snap Firefox when it's not running Yes. Pinning it from the application menu pins the .desktop file. But launching it leads to another firefox icon appearing in the Task Manager, which is the binary.
Thanks for the information!
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