Matrix/mintchat

[LAP47]

Installed linux mint mate' 22 beta on my ThinkCentre M93p and matrix is not in and or under the Internet option in Menu and it is installed because it can be found and launched from the Software Manager and through Welcome Center Help option. Doesn't happen on or in my Dell Latitude E4310.

[carlosmintfan]

Do you find it in the Webapp Manager?

[LAP47]

Do you find it in the Webapp Manager?

No. I don't want to do that, though. I just want to click on Menu and then Internet and be able to click on Matrix and have it open that way like it does on my laptop.

[Ikytsu]

I just fresh installed mint 22 in a vm and matrix is in the internet section, did you do a manipulation or something like this who could potentially do this?

[carlosmintfan]

@Ikytsu are you running the Mate edition?

[Ikytsu]

Yes i am running Mate edition:

[Ikytsu]

As you can see Matrix is here, in internet section

[carlosmintfan]

Hmm. @LAP47 have you tried reinstalling the Beta? Have you verified the integrity of your ISO?

[carlosmintfan]

Do you see any output in the terminal when running webapp-manager? What do you get from cat ~/.local/share/applications/webapp*?

[LAP47]

I just fresh installed mint 22 in a vm and matrix is in the internet section, did you do a manipulation or something like this who could potentially do this?

No. I didn't. I don't do any customization's.

[LAP47]

@Ikytsu are you running the Mate edition?

Yes. I am.

[LAP47]

As you can see Matrix is here, in internet section

Yes. I know but it's not in mine.

[LAP47]

Hmm. @LAP47 have you tried reinstalling the Beta? Have you verified the integrity of your ISO?

Yes. I have multiple times.

[LAP47]

Do you see any output in the terminal when running webapp-manager?

I see mintchat Firefox but I put that there manually because there's no minchat icon under the Internet options. I'll be back with the results from cat.

[LAP47]

What do you get from cat ~/.local/share/applications/webapp*?

No such file or directory.

[carlosmintfan]

cat ~/.local/share/applications/*
cat /etc/skel/*
cat /etc/skel/.local/share/applications/*

[Ikytsu]

Hi @LAP47 , sorry for my useless answer, i wanted to say that webapp exists for me, after some look around, i noticed that even creating another account doesn't create your issue, so your issue isn't really related to the beta or if it is you should be more precise to explain to us how did you get it. However if you want to fix this you have to do this:

sudo apt install mintchat

if it is in the internet section now you should be good, if it don't fix the issue: go to the ~/.local/share/applications, verify if there is the webapp thing here, if it's present everything should just working fine so you should send us the .desktop content, if there is nothing under the directory, stay in it and just add a file named webapp-OnlineChat4519.desktop with this content:

[Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Exec=mintchat Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=mintchat Categories=GTK;Network; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml; StartupWMClass=WebApp-OnlineChat4519 StartupNotify=true X-WebApp-Browser=Firefox X-WebApp-URL=https://www.linuxmint.com/matrix.php X-WebApp-CustomParameters= X-WebApp-Navbar=false X-WebApp-PrivateWindow=false X-WebApp-Isolated=true Name=Matrix Comment=Online Chat Comment[es]=Chat en línea Comment[fr]=Discussions en ligne

Best regards

(Additional thing, don't forget to say what you did with your installation to get this result, this could help the linux mint team to fix the issue if it's really one related about linux mint)

[LAP47]

Hi @LAP47 , sorry for my useless answer, i wanted to say that webapp exists for me, after some look around, i noticed that even creating another account doesn't create your issue, so your issue isn't really related to the beta or if it is you should be more precise to explain to us how did you get it. However if you want to fix this you have to do this:

sudo apt install mintchat

if it is in the internet section now you should be good, if it don't fix the issue: go to the ~/.local/share/applications, verify if there is the webapp thing here, if it's present everything should just working fine so you should send us the .desktop content, if there is nothing under the directory, stay in it and just add a file named webapp-OnlineChat4519.desktop with this content:

[Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Exec=mintchat Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=mintchat Categories=GTK;Network; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml; StartupWMClass=WebApp-OnlineChat4519 StartupNotify=true X-WebApp-Browser=Firefox X-WebApp-URL=https://www.linuxmint.com/matrix.php X-WebApp-CustomParameters= X-WebApp-Navbar=false X-WebApp-PrivateWindow=false X-WebApp-Isolated=true Name=Matrix Comment=Online Chat Comment[es]=Chat en línea Comment[fr]=Discussions en ligne

Best regards

It's not useless and no need to apologize. mint chat is already installed as far as I know. It's just nowhere to be found under Internet. So like I said I'd have to launch it from Software Manager, Welcome Screen, or the terminal maybe but I don't even know how to do that.

[LAP47]

Results of ls in ~/.local/share/applications

[LAP47]

Ho do I get you the .desktop content?

cat ~/.local/share/applications/*

!/usr/bin/env xdg-open

[Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Terminal=false Type=Application Name=Google Drive Exec=/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --profile-directory=Default --app-id=aghbiahbpaijignceidepookljebhfak Icon=chrome-aghbiahbpaijignceidepookljebhfak-Default NoDisplay=true StartupWMClass=crx_aghbiahbpaijignceidepookljebhfak

!/usr/bin/env xdg-open

[Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Terminal=false Type=Application Name=YouTube Exec=/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --profile-directory=Default --app-id=agimnkijcaahngcdmfeangaknmldooml Icon=chrome-agimnkijcaahngcdmfeangaknmldooml-Default NoDisplay=true StartupWMClass=crx_agimnkijcaahngcdmfeangaknmldooml Actions=Explore;Subscriptions

[Desktop Action Explore] Name=Explore Exec=/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --profile-directory=Default --app-id=agimnkijcaahngcdmfeangaknmldooml "--app-launch-url-for-shortcuts-menu-item=https://www.youtube.com/feed/explore?feature=app_shortcuts"

[Desktop Action Subscriptions] Name=Subscriptions Exec=/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --profile-directory=Default --app-id=agimnkijcaahngcdmfeangaknmldooml "--app-launch-url-for-shortcuts-menu-item=https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions?feature=app_shortcuts"

!/usr/bin/env xdg-open

[Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Terminal=false Type=Application Name=Chromebook Recovery Utility Exec=/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --profile-directory=Default --app-id=jndclpdbaamdhonoechobihbbiimdgai Icon=chrome-jndclpdbaamdhonoechobihbbiimdgai-Default StartupWMClass=crx_jndclpdbaamdhonoechobihbbiimdgai

!/usr/bin/env xdg-open

[Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Terminal=false Type=Application Name=GitHub Exec=/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --profile-directory=Default --app-id=mjoklplbddabcmpepnokjaffbmgbkkgg Icon=chrome-mjoklplbddabcmpepnokjaffbmgbkkgg-Default StartupWMClass=crx_mjoklplbddabcmpepnokjaffbmgbkkgg [Desktop Entry] Name=Element Exec=/opt/Element/element-desktop %U Terminal=false Type=Application Icon=element-desktop StartupWMClass=Element Comment=A feature-rich client for Matrix.org MimeType=x-scheme-handler/io.element.desktop;x-scheme-handler/element; Categories=Network;InstantMessaging;Chat; [MIME Cache] application/xhtml_xml=WebApp-mintchat5160.desktop; text/html=WebApp-mintchat5160.desktop; text/xml=WebApp-mintchat5160.desktop; [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Name=mintchat Comment=Web App Exec=sh -c 'XAPP_FORCE_GTKWINDOW_ICON="element" firefox --class WebApp-mintchat5160 --name WebApp-mintchat5160 --profile /home/linux-mint/.local/share/ice/firefox/mintchat5160 --no-remote "https://app.element.io/#/home"' Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=element Categories=GTK;WebApps; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml; StartupWMClass=WebApp-mintchat5160 StartupNotify=true X-WebApp-Browser=Firefox X-WebApp-URL=https://app.element.io/#/home X-WebApp-CustomParameters= X-WebApp-Navbar=false X-WebApp-PrivateWindow=false X-WebApp-Isolated=true

[LAP47]

cat /etc/skel/*

~$ cat /etc/skel/ cat: '/etc/skel/': No such file or directory

[LAP47]

cat /etc/skel/.local/share/applications/*

~$ cat /etc/skel/.local/share/applications/* [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Exec=mintchat Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=mintchat Categories=GTK;Network; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml; StartupWMClass=WebApp-OnlineChat4519 StartupNotify=true X-WebApp-Browser=Firefox X-WebApp-URL=https://www.linuxmint.com/matrix.php X-WebApp-CustomParameters= X-WebApp-Navbar=false X-WebApp-PrivateWindow=false X-WebApp-Isolated=true Name=Matrix Comment=Online Chat Comment[es]=Chat en línea Comment[fr]=Discussions en ligne

[carlosmintfan]

cat /etc/skel/.local/share/applications/*

~$ cat /etc/skel/.local/share/applications/* [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Exec=mintchat Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=mintchat Categories=GTK;Network; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml; StartupWMClass=WebApp-OnlineChat4519 StartupNotify=true X-WebApp-Browser=Firefox X-WebApp-URL=https://www.linuxmint.com/matrix.php X-WebApp-CustomParameters= X-WebApp-Navbar=false X-WebApp-PrivateWindow=false X-WebApp-Isolated=true Name=Matrix Comment=Online Chat Comment[es]=Chat en línea Comment[fr]=Discussions en ligne

So this is the file that automatically gets copied to every user account.I think the most likely thing is that you deleted the web app by mistake. Copy the file that you find in the directory /etc/skel/.local/share/applications to /home/linux-mint/.local/share/applications, then you have the official webapp (it's right that mintchat from the software manager even works without you copying that file, that's fine). I find it strange that it's still gone after multiple reinstallations. But it can't be reproduced here, so the error seems to be on your side :/

[LAP47]

cat /etc/skel/.local/share/applications/*

~$ cat /etc/skel/.local/share/applications/* [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Exec=mintchat Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=mintchat Categories=GTK;Network; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml; StartupWMClass=WebApp-OnlineChat4519 StartupNotify=true X-WebApp-Browser=Firefox X-WebApp-URL=https://www.linuxmint.com/matrix.php X-WebApp-CustomParameters= X-WebApp-Navbar=false X-WebApp-PrivateWindow=false X-WebApp-Isolated=true Name=Matrix Comment=Online Chat Comment[es]=Chat en línea Comment[fr]=Discussions en ligne

So this is the file that automatically gets copied to every user account.I think the most likely thing is that you deleted the web app by mistake. Copy the file that you find in the directory /etc/skel/.local/share/applications to /home/linux-mint/.local/share/applications, then you have the official webapp (it's right that mintchat from the software manager even works without you copying that file, that's fine). I find it strange that it's still gone after multiple reinstallations. But it can't be reproduced here, so the error seems to be on your side :/

I didn't delete anything. It's not user error. I've installed it on two different machines and it's there on one of them and not on the other. I wouldn't even know how to delete it without some serious effort. Maybe it's a hardware issue. Idk.

[LAP47]

Copy the file that you find in the directory /etc/skel/.local/share/applications to /home/linux-mint/.local/share/applications

This worked. Thank you. So that must mean that it was never there because when I went to copy it over it didn't warn me that there was already a file there with that same name.

[LAP47]

cat /etc/skel/.local/share/applications/*

~$ cat /etc/skel/.local/share/applications/* [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Exec=mintchat Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=mintchat Categories=GTK;Network; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml; StartupWMClass=WebApp-OnlineChat4519 StartupNotify=true X-WebApp-Browser=Firefox X-WebApp-URL=https://www.linuxmint.com/matrix.php X-WebApp-CustomParameters= X-WebApp-Navbar=false X-WebApp-PrivateWindow=false X-WebApp-Isolated=true Name=Matrix Comment=Online Chat Comment[es]=Chat en línea Comment[fr]=Discussions en ligne

So this is the file that automatically gets copied to every user account.I think the most likely thing is that you deleted the web app by mistake. Copy the file that you find in the directory /etc/skel/.local/share/applications to /home/linux-mint/.local/share/applications, then you have the official webapp (it's right that mintchat from the software manager even works without you copying that file, that's fine). I find it strange that it's still gone after multiple reinstallations. But it can't be reproduced here, so the error seems to be on your side :/

What does the number 5160 and 4519 mean in the name WebApp-mintchat5160.desktop and webapp-OnlineChat4519.desktop respectively? WebApp-mintchat5160.desktop was already there before I copied anything over.

[carlosmintfan]

cat /etc/skel/.local/share/applications/*

~$ cat /etc/skel/.local/share/applications/* [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Exec=mintchat Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=mintchat Categories=GTK;Network; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml; StartupWMClass=WebApp-OnlineChat4519 StartupNotify=true X-WebApp-Browser=Firefox X-WebApp-URL=https://www.linuxmint.com/matrix.php X-WebApp-CustomParameters= X-WebApp-Navbar=false X-WebApp-PrivateWindow=false X-WebApp-Isolated=true Name=Matrix Comment=Online Chat Comment[es]=Chat en línea Comment[fr]=Discussions en ligne

So this is the file that automatically gets copied to every user account.I think the most likely thing is that you deleted the web app by mistake. Copy the file that you find in the directory /etc/skel/.local/share/applications to /home/linux-mint/.local/share/applications, then you have the official webapp (it's right that mintchat from the software manager even works without you copying that file, that's fine). I find it strange that it's still gone after multiple reinstallations. But it can't be reproduced here, so the error seems to be on your side :/

What does the number 5160 and 4519 mean in the name WebApp-mintchat5160.desktop and webapp-OnlineChat4519.desktop respectively? WebApp-mintchat5160.desktop was already there before I copied anything over.

The number is a random number to avoid collision so multiple webapps with the same name can be created. The 4519 is the official Linux Mint Matrix web app. 5160... I suppose you created one also called mintchat, the same as the bunch of other webapps you have?

[LAP47]

cat /etc/skel/.local/share/applications/*

~$ cat /etc/skel/.local/share/applications/* [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Exec=mintchat Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=mintchat Categories=GTK;Network; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml; StartupWMClass=WebApp-OnlineChat4519 StartupNotify=true X-WebApp-Browser=Firefox X-WebApp-URL=https://www.linuxmint.com/matrix.php X-WebApp-CustomParameters= X-WebApp-Navbar=false X-WebApp-PrivateWindow=false X-WebApp-Isolated=true Name=Matrix Comment=Online Chat Comment[es]=Chat en línea Comment[fr]=Discussions en ligne

Copy the file that you find in the directory /etc/skel/.local/share/applications to /home/linux-mint/.local/share/applications

How do I do this on Linux Mind Debian Edition 6 now? I tried to do it the same way but there's no .local in skel.

[carlosmintfan]

LMDE6 doesn't include mintchat (yet). You may send that file via email/warpinator/etc. from a Mint 22 to LMDE6 machine and put in /home/your-username/.local/share/applications