Unable to launch symlink'ed application from Desktop
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nautilus |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
nemo (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Steps to reproduce:
1. Have Ubuntu 20.04 LTS installed with Unity desktop
2. Login to the Unity session
3. Open terminal and create symlink to the some application executable with
ln -s /usr/bin/xclock ~/Desktop/xclock
4. Click on just created `xclock` file symlink on the desktop
Expected results:
* user is able to run symlink'ed application from Desktop
Actual results:
* user is unable to run symlink'ed application from Desktop, the following window is shown instead:
> Unknown file type
> There file "xclock" has no known programs associated with it. Use the Open With dialog to pick a program to open it with.
Click on "Choose a program" and selecting Run Software and then OK does not help.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: nemo 4.4.2-2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-28-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckR
CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu
Date: Fri May 8 20:05:31 2020
SourcePackage: nemo
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
From a fast test seems that also nautilus (where was forked long time ago) still have same issue