Public bug reported:
After upgrading from jaunty to karmic the desktop icons of folders and
files get restored correctly. Symbolic links however get relayouted and
fill in the spaces from top to bottom, left to right.
This makes the desktop unusable for me as I use a background image that
divides the desktop into regions with different semantic meanings and
icons in these regions to organize todos and projects. I heavily use
links to reference projects and documentation in other folders.
How to reproduce:
Log in as Guest, create a new folder and create a link to it by Shift + Ctrl +
dragging the 'folder' icon to an new location. The new Icon should show an
arrow in the top right corner indicating that it is a link. Move the icons to a
location somewhere on the right side of your desktop. Now open a Terminal, move
it so you can see both icons and issue a 'killall nautilus' (Dont worry about
your other user session, the guest user is only allowed to kill its own
instance of nautilus). The Folder icon will remain in place whereas the Link
icon will move to the top left position of the Desktop underneath any present
system icons.
Workaround:
If anyone knows an application (preferably online) that lets me visually
organize my todos and planning for the next week I'd appreciate that workaround
:)
** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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karmic regression: desktop icon position of symbolic links are not restored
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411322
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