I hate to say it, but this bug is more than 10 YEARS old see: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47943
By using upstream components you get upstream problems, although downstream it also haven't been fixed yet. It still affects us on Ubuntu Precise Pangolin 12.04 LTS. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/57784 Title: after xrandr desktop icons can go missing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/57784/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs