qdore
No application icons
All applications display a generic executable icon instead of the application icon on Arch Linux.
I'm not entirely sure why this is happening, but it could be a missing dependency, an issue with the way Mutate gets app icons on Arch, or the fact the Arch runs newer versions of libraries compared to other distros like Ubuntu.
In addition, I'm getting the following errors, which may be related:
(process:10038): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_icon_theme_lookup_by_gicon: assertion 'GTK_IS_ICON_THEME (icon_theme)' failed
(process:10038): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_icon_info_load_icon: assertion 'icon_info != NULL' failed
(process:10038): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_bits_per_sample: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed
(process:10038): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_width: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed
(process:10038): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_height: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed
(process:10038): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_rowstride: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed
(process:10038): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_has_alpha: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed
(process:10038): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_pixels_with_length: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed
conversion failed: Fatal error in PNG image file: Invalid IHDR data
I use g_app_info_get_icon to get icon at Mutate/src/widget.cpp:275, this function may not work fine on Arch Linux
Arch Linux doesn't come preinstalled with a specific desktop environment. Some users run Gnome, but many do not.
I'm not running a specific desktop, just a lightweight install of bspwm.
Is there a way to look up .desktop files and application icons without Gnome? It looks like that's the only reason Gtk is a dependency.
Any solution would have to be independent of distro or desktop environment.
@codeThatThinks , there is dmenu2 for same purpose while this gets solved. IMHO dmenu2 is for launching programs , while Mutate is somewhat Alfred inspired launcher which manages a lot other things.
I'm aware that dmenu can be used for launching applications. I should have been more clear, I am wondering if there is a library available for reading .desktop files and icon themes that works regardless of desktop environment. It would be a lot easier if we could include something like that rather than write something from scratch.
Also seeing this on Void Linux, running Openbox, with both GTK+ and GTK+3. Also, doesn't seem to recognize some applications. For example, typing Firefox into the window results in a google search, rather than launching the app.
@qdore is this in the roadmap at some point? :)
Issue seems to be related to :
GtkIconTheme *pGtkIconTheme = gtk_icon_theme_get_default();
if you use GtkIconTheme *pGtkIconTheme= gtk_icon_theme_new();
lots of the icons appear. I'm couldn't figure out why gtk_icon_theme_get_default() is returning NULL
Looks like libqtxdg might work as a replacement for gtk. It's DE-independent and is available in the official repos for Ubuntu.
I'm using Mutate on Linux Mint Cinnamon 17.1 and it is not showing application icons as well.
Ubuntu 16.04, facing the same issue.
(mutate:26435): Gtk-CRITICAL *: IA__gtk_icon_theme_lookup_by_gicon: assertion 'G_IS_ICON (icon)' failed (mutate:26435): Gtk-CRITICAL *: IA__gtk_icon_info_load_icon: assertion 'icon_info != NULL' failed (mutate:26435): Gtk-CRITICAL *: IA__gtk_icon_info_load_icon: assertion 'error == NULL *error == NULL' failed (mutate:26435): Gtk-CRITICAL *: IA__gtk_icon_info_load_icon: assertion 'error == NULL error == NULL' failed (mutate:26435): Gtk-CRITICAL *: IA__gtk_icon_info_load_icon: assertion 'error == NULL error == NULL' failed (mutate:26435): Gtk-CRITICAL *: IA__gtk_icon_info_load_icon: assertion 'error == NULL *error == NULL' failed
I'm having the exact same problem, also I can't seem to autostart Mutate on log in or save any preference.
