Ubuntu Docker Desktop not open

[pasinduchanaka]

Description

In Ubuntu, when I first click the Docker Desktop software, it opens normally. Then, I start a few containers and click the close button. When I try to open the software again by clicking the desktop icon, it does not open. However, when I click "Go to the desktop" in the top bar, Docker Desktop starts. This issue started after updating to version 4.32.0. I updated to version 4.33.0, but the issue still remains.

Reproduce

N/A

Expected behavior

No response

docker version

Client: Docker Engine - Community
 Version:           23.0.2
 API version:       1.42
 Go version:        go1.19.7
 Git commit:        569dd73
 Built:             Mon Mar 27 16:16:30 2023
 OS/Arch:           linux/amd64
 Context:           desktop-linux

Server: Docker Desktop 4.33.0 (160616)
 Engine:
  Version:          27.1.1
  API version:      1.46 (minimum version 1.24)
  Go version:       go1.21.12
  Git commit:       cc13f95
  Built:            Tue Jul 23 19:57:19 2024
  OS/Arch:          linux/amd64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          1.7.19
  GitCommit:        2bf793ef6dc9a18e00cb12efb64355c2c9d5eb41
 runc:
  Version:          1.7.19
  GitCommit:        v1.1.13-0-g58aa920
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0

docker info

Client:
 Context:    desktop-linux
 Debug Mode: false
 Plugins:
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.16.1-desktop.1
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
  compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v2.29.1-desktop.1
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
  debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  0.0.34
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-debug
  desktop: Docker Desktop commands (Alpha) (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.0.14
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-desktop
  dev: Docker Dev Environments (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.1.2
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-dev
  extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.25
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-extension
  feedback: Provide feedback, right in your terminal! (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.0.5
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-feedback
  init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.3.0
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-init
  sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc.)
    Version:  0.6.0
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-sbom
  scan: Docker Scan (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.23.0
    Path:     /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-scan
  scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.11.0
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-scout

Server:
 Containers: 16
  Running: 2
  Paused: 0
  Stopped: 14
 Images: 6
 Server Version: 27.1.1
 Storage Driver: overlay2
  Backing Filesystem: extfs
  Supports d_type: true
  Using metacopy: false
  Native Overlay Diff: true
  userxattr: false
 Logging Driver: json-file
 Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
 Cgroup Version: 2
 Plugins:
  Volume: local
  Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
  Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local splunk syslog
 Swarm: inactive
 Runtimes: io.containerd.runc.v2 runc
 Default Runtime: runc
 Init Binary: docker-init
 containerd version: 2bf793ef6dc9a18e00cb12efb64355c2c9d5eb41
 runc version: v1.1.13-0-g58aa920
 init version: de40ad0
 Security Options:
  seccomp
   Profile: unconfined
  cgroupns
 Kernel Version: 6.10.0-linuxkit
 Operating System: Docker Desktop
 OSType: linux
 Architecture: x86_64
 CPUs: 12
 Total Memory: 3.673GiB
 Name: docker-desktop
 ID: 86f3f3a2-5955-42de-8a67-fb6bc86c9760
 Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
 Debug Mode: false
 HTTP Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 HTTPS Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 No Proxy: hubproxy.docker.internal
 Registry: https://index.docker.io/v1/
 Labels:
  com.docker.desktop.address=unix:///home/pasindu/.docker/desktop/docker-cli.sock
 Experimental: false
 Insecure Registries:
  hubproxy.docker.internal:5555
  127.0.0.0/8
 Live Restore Enabled: false

WARNING: daemon is not using the default seccomp profile

Diagnostics ID

EBA77074-ACF9-4DA1-98D8-8D02D40DE919/20240726132408

Additional Info

[rmunn]

Same behavior in Linux Mint with version 4.35.1-173168 of the docker-desktop-amd64.deb package. A few more details:

The /usr/share/applications/docker-desktop.desktop launcher contains Exec=/opt/docker-desktop/bin/docker-desktop. If I launch that binary from a Bash shell session while Docker Desktop is running (whale icon is visible in taskbar icons), I get the following message:

[2024-11-08T03:09:34.438776874Z][docker-desktop] running under systemd

And then the bin/docker-desktop binary exits without showing the main GUI window.

However, if I instead run /opt/docker-desktop/Docker\ Desktop under Bash, the main GUI window opens.

It could be that the /usr/share/applications/docker-desktop.desktop launcher should be running a dfiferent binary? Certainly user expectation is that if you click on the Docker Desktop app menu entry, it will show the main window if the main window isn't already showing.