Brave Browser will not launch from Unity on Ubuntu 18.04.2 in Gnome, will launch from "Activities" Panel

[six0h]

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Description

Brave Browser will not launch from Unity on Ubuntu 18.04.2 in Gnome. The browser will launch hitting "Activities" key and typing name. I have deleted the "Favorite" entry, and re-added from the

Steps to Reproduce

1. Download the latest Brave
2. Click, "Add to Favorites" to add it to the Unity bar
3. Try to launch the browser from the activity bar

Actual result:

Nothing happens. The Brave browser never launches

Expected result:

The Brave browser should launch as normal

Reproduces how often:

Easily Reproduced, have tested on multiple computers

Brave version (brave://version info)

Brave	0.63.48 Chromium: 74.0.3729.108 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Revision	daaff52abef89988bf2a26091062160b1482b108-refs/branch-heads/3729@{#901}
OS	Linux
JavaScript	V8 7.4.288.25
Flash	(Disabled)
User Agent	Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/74.0.3729.108 Safari/537.36
Command Line	/snap/brave/59/opt/brave.com/brave/brave-browser --enable-dom-distiller --disable-domain-reliability --disable-chrome-google-url-tracking-client --no-pings --enable-features=fill-on-account-select,NewExtensionUpdaterService,DesktopPWAWindowing --disable-features=AutofillServerCommunication,AudioServiceOutOfProcess,DefaultEnableOopRasterization,AutofillSaveCardSignInAfterLocalSave,NetworkService,UnifiedConsent --flag-switches-begin --flag-switches-end
Executable Path	/snap/brave/59/opt/brave.com/brave/brave-browser
Profile Path	/home/cody/snap/brave/59/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default

Version/Channel Information:

• Can you reproduce this issue with the current release? Yes
• Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel? Unknown
• Can you reproduce this issue with the dev channel? Unknown
• Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel? Uknown

Other Additional Information:

• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? No
• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards? No
• Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? No

Miscellaneous Information:

This is the snap version that has been installed.

[rebron]

cc: @posix4e Can you take a look?

[fmarier]

Looks like a dupe of #5023

@six0h We recommend using our official packages using https://brave-browser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installing-brave.html#linux. That repository is supported and always up-to-date.

[six0h]

Do you have a snap version?

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On Tue, Jul 23, 2019, 11:51 AM Francois Marier ***@***.***> wrote: Looks like a dupe of #5023 <#5023> @six0h <https://github.com/six0h> We recommend using our official packages using https://brave-browser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installing-brave.html#linux. That repository is supported and always up-to-date. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#5176?email_source=notifications&email_token=AASB5UF5GX3LFSAI46KOCYTQA5HM3A5CNFSM4H647DQ2YY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVREXG43VMVBW63LNMVXHJKTDN5WW2ZLOORPWSZGOD2UCSMI#issuecomment-514337073>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AASB5UAH3O3VWTOFHDBE573QA5HM3ANCNFSM4H647DQQ> .

[fmarier]

Do you have a snap version?

We do not currently have an official snap version. The only one that exists at the moment is unofficial and unsupported.

[kjozwiak]

Do you have a snap version?

It's also really behind on updates. We're currently on 0.66.101 CR: 75.0.3770.142 and the last snap is on 0.63.48 CR: 74.0.3729.108 which is really behind. Once 0.67.x goes out next week, the snap version will be behind two CR bumps.

[mbacchi]

Snaps are now updated more frequently, please see https://github.com/brave/unofficial-snap/ or install using snap install brave

[bsclifton]

@six0h can you try the new Snap? Let us know if it works 😄