Insomnia: Broken icon on Linux

[rafaelrenanpacheco]

• Insomnia Version: 7.0.1
• Operating System: Arch Linux 5.3.5

Details

I think 7.0.1 broke the desktop icon again:

I'm using Gnome 3.34.1

[matthewarmand]

Also on Arch, installed Insomnia 7.0.1 via AUR and also seeing this issue with KDE Plasma 5.16.5

[thejoaov]

Also in Ubuntu 19.04, installed via .deb package.

[krasoffski]

I have the same problem on Xubuntu 18.04 on Insomnia version 6/7.
Installed via deb package.
Similar Electron apps have correct icon in task bar.

[rhaces]

Same issue, Ubuntu 19.04 installed via repository

[christianlmc]

Found a (temporary) solution on Ubuntu 18.04:

On your terminal, run:

locate insomnia.png

It should show something like this:

/usr/share/icons/hicolor/0x0/apps/insomnia.png

Now edit the insomnia.desktop file (BACKUP THIS FILE BEFORE EDITING):

sudo nano /usr/share/applications/insomnia.desktop

Change the 'Icon' line to reflect the following:

Icon=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/0x0/apps/insomnia.png

Close any opened instances of Insomnia and open a new one, the icon should show now

[matthewarmand]

Fix worked for me on Arch as well, and the icon showed up in the same location.

It'd still be good to get a fix to the installation process so this doesn't happen

[gschier]

Hmm, strange. Probably an easy fix but is frustrating that this keeps happening. Will fire up a VM and get this one fixed for the next release.

[michelgds]

It happens on Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS (Xenial Xerus). That fix works for me. Thank you @christianlmc!

[krasoffski]

Workaround does not work for Xubuntu 18.04. (((
Also it might be local user desktop file for modification:

/home/krasoffski/.local/share/applications/insomnia.desktop

[julio899]

excellent I can resolve copy the file insomnia.png in this folder /usr/share/icons/hicolor/0x0/apps/
and mod the file /usr/share/applications/insomnia.desktop
in Line Icon=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/0x0/apps/insomnia.png
Using Elementary Os 5.0 Juno

[sharifzadesina]

Same on 7.0.3

[gschier]

Just got an Ubuntu VM going so I can work on a fix

[gschier]

The AppImage seems to be fine, which is weird

[wdolorito]

I fixed this in elementary OS by linking the icon in to /usr/share/pixmaps:

sudo ln -s /usr/share/icons/hicolor/0x0/apps/insomnia.png /usr/share/pixmaps

Log out, then log back in and the icon should appear.

[coyoterj]

That fix works for me. Thank you @wdolorito !

• Insomnia: 7.03
• OS: Pop!_OS 19.10
• Gnome: 3.34.1

[krasoffski]

Does not work for Xubuntu 18.04

[wdolorito]

Does not work for Xubuntu 18.04

I was curious about this, since elementary is built on ubuntu 18.04 as well, so I downloaded an ISO and installed Xubuntu in a VM. After installing insomnia from the repos, as expected, the icon did not appear in the menus. I linked the icon as I did in eOS, logged out, logged back in and the icon showed up. Are you still experiencing the problem?

[christianodejesus]

Same here on Insomnia 7.0.3 running on Linux Mint 19.1 and 19.2.

[sidneisimeao]

@christianodejesus ,
I was able to display the icon on the desktop by changing the Icon entry:
Icon=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/0x0/apps/insomnia.png

[yuridamata]

Same here on Insomnia 7.0.3 running on Linux Mint 19.1 and 19.2.

The workaround worked for me.

The problem is in the insomnia.desktop file. The Icon entry was like that:

Icon=Insomnia

[gschier]

Can you all give this new Beta build a try and let me know if it works? Seems to be working on my Ubuntu install for AppImage, Snap, and deb

https://github.com/getinsomnia/insomnia/releases/tag/v7.0.4-beta.6

[GekovIN]

Can you all give this new Beta build a try and let me know if it works? Seems to be working on my Ubuntu install for AppImage, Snap, and deb

https://github.com/getinsomnia/insomnia/releases/tag/v7.0.4-beta.6

Works on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, thanks

[gschier]

Awesome, thanks for letting me know!

[krasoffski]

Xubuntu 18.04 problem still present.

[rafaelrenanpacheco]

Is this still an issue?

[krasoffski]

Not sure this is the latest version but issue still exists.

[tcelestino]

Insomnia Designer v2020.1.3 on Ubuntu 18.04