fortune-mod installs a .desktop launcher. Nothing appears to happen
after clicking the launcher.

The .desktop launcher is Debian-specific and was added recently as an
NMU of sorts to replace the obsolete Debian menu file. The fix is to
simply add Terminal=true to the .desktop.

fortune-mod has a rather high install rate, in part because it has
been included in all desktop installs done from recent Debian live
images. It is also a part of the Italian and Hungarian installs.
Therefore, this bug has a higher impact than might be expected. I'll
work on fixing this for Debian 13.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
fortune-mod, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1129435@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@ubuntu.com> (supplier of updated fortune-mod package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2026 16:01:34 -0500
Source: fortune-mod
Built-For-Profiles: noudeb
Architecture: source
Version: 1:1.99.1-9.2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Andrea Colangelo <warp10@ubuntu.com>
Changed-By: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@ubuntu.com>
Closes: 1129435
Changes:
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   * debian/fortune.desktop: Set Terminal=true (Closes: #1129435)
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