** Changed in: xdg-user-dirs (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = Invalid
** Changed in: xdg-user-dirs (Ubuntu)
Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) = (unassigned)
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** Changed in: xdg-user-dirs (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Incomplete
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/154037
Title:
files from ~ shown on desktop (desktop_is_home_dir == false)
To
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Had the same experience on hardy. I had my sym-linked to a folder under
an nfs-moint, but one time there was a problem mounting, so the Desktop
was a broken link (to the a nfs-folder).
When this happened the file ~/.config/users.dir was either created or
changed and the important variable here
** Changed in: xdg-user-dirs (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: nautilus = xdg-user-dirs
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files from ~ shown on desktop (desktop_is_home_dir == false)
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I have additional information on what causes this problem, reopening.
I was trying to get my home folder to be my Desktop so I moved
everything in ~/Desktop to my home folder and deleted ~/Desktop. After a
Ctrl+Alt+Backspace I saw that my desktop was the contents of my home
folder. It seems that
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could anybody try if that's still an issue in hardy?
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files from ~ shown on desktop (desktop_is_home_dir == false)
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similar problems here. -- fresh gutsy install, noticed that copying
files from various folders to the desktop was actually putting them into
.Trash.
i emptied the trash and restarted through gnome. now, gnome was treating
my home folder as ~/Desktop, and the desktop_as_home_dir option was not
set
The descriptions there are not clear, could somebody describe what he's
doing exactly, what happens and what else he would expect?
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files from ~ shown on desktop (desktop_is_home_dir == false)
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I had the same problem - new Gutsy 7.10 install a day or so old.
I noticed today that my Desktop folder was now located in $HOME/.Trash
though I can't explain how/why it got there - possibly my heavy-
handedness deleting stuff in my home folder.
Used sudo mv to shift it back again ok, and that's
The user-dirs.dirs procedure above resolved the problem for me - now I have
$HOME/Desktop displayed again.
However I then found that my Home directory had a new folder named file:
which contained subfolders /home/$HOME/Desktop
So I put it in the trash. The trash applet on the panel acted as
if you remove the user-dirs.dirs file doesn't the key get the same value
again?
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files from ~ shown on desktop (desktop_is_home_dir == false)
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Well, I don't know hwere the xdg config was created, but I don't think
I've ever had desktop_is_home_dir set to true.
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files from ~ shown on desktop (desktop_is_home_dir == false)
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Does it happen with a new created user? It could be a broken nautilus
configuration.
Thanks for the suggestion. I did some tests with a new user and figured out
what happened:
Nautilus works fine for new user, so I started copying some config files over
from my account and found the culprit.
Did you have the gconf key set to true on the machine where the xdg
config has been created?
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** Description changed:
Binary package hint: nautilus
The gconf key /apps/nautilus/preferences/desktop_is_home_dir is set to
- false. Still, my desktop is full of files (from my home. ~/Desktop is
- practically empty). Also, clicking Places -Desktop opens my home dir...
+ false. Still, my
Thanks for your report, Does it happen with a new created user? It could
be a broken nautilus configuration. thanks.
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Low
Assignee: (unassigned) = Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
Status: New = Incomplete
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