Installed snap icons missing if using pixmap

Metadata

Project: snapcraft (launchpad)
Number: #1801201
Type: issue
State: open
Author: ~zyga
Labels: —
Created: 2018-11-02 12:14 AM UTC
Updated: 2019-10-15 10:50 AM UTC
Closed: —

Current evaluation

2018 report that snap apps with pixmap-based icons (e.g. Slack) show a generic window icon on Kubuntu 18.10; copying the snap's pixmaps system-wide fixes it. No labels, no comments, no maintainer activity for ~7 years.

Suggested action: close stale

Reason: The issue is 2860 days old with 0 comments, no labels, and last activity 2512 days ago, and it targets Kubuntu 18.10 which has been EOL since April 2019. The root cause is desktop-environment icon lookup (the snap ships its icons correctly, as the reporter's manual-copy workaround shows), so it is not a snapcraft build defect and the original problem is no longer reproducible on current supported desktops.

Impact: 25 Quick Win: 15.0 Staleness: 95 Complexity: 40 Confidence: 70 Support Request: 20

Issue body

When installing a snap which runs an app using a pixmap based icon (e.g. the Slack snap), the windows of that app will show up with a generic window icon. Manually copying `/snap/slack/current/usr/share/pixmap/*` to `/usr/share/pixmap` will cause the icon to show correctly when Slack is restarted. I am running Kubuntu 18.10.

Evaluation history

Date	Model	Scores	Action	Summary
2026-09-01 08:30 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.8-27b	Impact: 25 Quick Win: 15.0 Staleness: 95 Complexity: 40 Confidence: 70 Support Request: 20	close stale	2018 report that snap apps with pixmap-based icons (e.g. Slack) show a generic window icon on Kubuntu 18.10; copying the snap's pixmaps system-wide fixes it. No labels, no comments, no maintainer activity for ~7 years.
2026-07-23 11:57 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 98 Complexity: 35 Confidence: 90 Support Request: 15	close stale	Bug report from 2018 describing missing pixmap-based icons for snap applications on Kubuntu 18.10. No maintainer response or comments in over seven years.
2026-07-22 12:20 PM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 95 Complexity: 20 Confidence: 85 Support Request: 10	close stale	Snap icons missing for pixmap-based apps (e.g. Slack) on Kubuntu 18.10. Requires manual file copy to fix. Issue is over 7 years old with no activity.
2026-07-10 01:04 AM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 98 Complexity: 15 Confidence: 95 Support Request: 10	close stale	Snap apps using pixmap icons display generic window icons on older Linux desktop environments. Issue is unlabelled, has no comments, and is over 7 years old with no maintainer response.
2026-06-21 03:22 PM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 98 Complexity: 45 Confidence: 90 Support Request: 5	close stale	Snap apps using pixmap-based icons display generic window icons on Kubuntu 18.10. Requires manual file copying as a workaround. Issue is over 7 years old with no maintainer engagement or updates.

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