Same issue in 17.04 (a clean install). Do not have this problem with the 16.04 LTS release I have running on another computer.
Would greatly appreciate a fix for this, have been living with it now for 6 months and, although no data is lost, it is REALLY annoying and gives an impression of "flakiness". Only affects the desktop if I access the dropbox folders from the icon in the system tray, if I go there through the file manager all works ok. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1453655 Title: desktop icons disappear on Ubuntu 15.04 when clicking Open Dropbox folder Status in Nautilus: Fix Released Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in nautilus-dropbox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in nautilus source package in Vivid: Fix Released Status in nautilus source package in Wily: Fix Released Bug description: I've been using both Ubuntu and dropbox for several years. With Ubuntu 15.04 there is a new problem that my desktop icons disappear when I click on the dropbox icon in the status bar and choose Open Dropbox Folder. Then the desktop icons will disappear - but will remain visible in Files -> Desktop. The only way I know to get the desktop icons back is to log out and then log back in again. The bug is 100% reproducible, and it never appeared before 15.04. I also have Copy on my status bar. Clicking on Copy -> Open Copy Folder has no problems. Likewise I can use File with a right click and use Open a New Window and that too is OK. Only dropbox has a problem and only since 15.04 If I can help in any way, please contact me ilan.tal - at - gmail.com [Impact] DE-agnostic programs that invoke nautilus using "nautilus --no-desktop" will make the nautilus-rendered desktop vanish. Dropbox is one such case. [Test Case] 1. Launch nautilus, and make sure it is currently rendering the desktop. 2. Run "nautilus --no-desktop /" 3. See if the desktop vanishes. [Regression Potential] The patch is relatively trivial, only affecting the --no-desktop codepath. As a worst case, --no-desktop would not function correctly in cases where nautilus is not already running (--no-desktop when nautilus is not already running means nautilus should not render the desktop at all). Just to make sure, this additional test case should be used: 1. Kill nautilus, and make sure it doesn't get relaunched. 2. Check to see what the desktop looks like (shouldn't be rendered by nautilus, at least) 3. Launch "nautilus --no-desktop /" 4. Make sure that nautilus really doesn't render a desktop. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1453655/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
