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My ~/Desktop directory is a soft link (ln -s) to a CIFS mounted share.
Normally XDG_DESKTOP_DIR in ~/.config/user-dirs is set to "$HOME/Desktop". If
I login when my Samba server is not available then XDG_DESKTOP_DIR reverts to
$HOME. If my server becomes available and I log out and then log back in then
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR is still set to $HOME and doesn't revert back to ~/Desktop. I
then have to run...
xdg-user-dirs-update --set DESKTOP ~/Desktop
....and re-login.
I don't have "use $HOME as your desktop directory" set anywhere. I
would prefer if it did revert to $HOME then it would revert back to what
it originally was, in this case ~/Desktop. If not then I think it makes
more sense that if ~/Desktop isn't available then it doesn't revert to
$HOME at all and just doesn't show any files on the desktop. At least
then if my desktop directory does become available all I have to do is
refresh the desktop or run "nautilus ~/Desktop" to reload the desktop.
** Affects: xdg-user-dirs (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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XDG_DESKTOP_DIR reverts to $HOME if ~/Desktop not available
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/236076
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