So there are two bugs here. The performance issue and the flashing icons is covered by bug 1815550.
If you would like to keep this bug open then please remove references to that issue here. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1838239 Title: Desktop contains icons of home dir files Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I always disable desktop icons via Tweaks (or 'gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons false'). Today, I turned on the computer and the icons were there - not only from the "~/Desktop" directory, but all of the icons from my home folder. The icons cannot be turned off. 'gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons' returns 'false'. Additionally, my shell (zsh, oh-my-zsh) starts very slow now and with each prompt (enter without a command entered), it takes about 2-3 seconds before the user> shows again. The icons "blink" during this as they're being refreshed. I am using Ubuntu 19.04, freshly installed a couple days ago. Gnome shell v. 3.32.1-1ubuntu1~19.04.1 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.32.1-1ubuntu1~19.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-20.21-generic 5.0.8 Uname: Linux 5.0.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Jul 29 10:38:09 2019 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-07-21 (7 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416) SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1838239/+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
