Same problem with Karmic / Ubuntu 9.10 after uninstalling UnionFS (must have deleted the original Desktop folder). Bob W's workaround posted on 2007-11-06 worked for me.
-- setting XDG_DESKTOP_DIR automaticallyto the user dir when Desktop is not available confuses users https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/151576 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to xdg-user-dirs in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
