Bug #62529 should be fixed in Karmic meaning you can drag Bookmarks like Home, Documents, Pictures, etc. from 'Places' menu to your Desktop to create links.
If Trash is a bookmark you should also be able to drag that to the Desktop. Is dragging from the 'Places' menu to the Desktop obvious enough to solve your issue? -- No obvious way to show Trash, Home, etc. icons on Desktop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/387542 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs