May be the solution is here http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg375353.html
if /home partition is full gnome cannot write to /~/.local/share/gvfs- metadata/home this file will be 0 bytes in problem systems. remove /~/.local/share/gvfs-metadata/home and reboot this should recreate a proper /~/.local/share/gvfs-metadata/home file and all icaons will be shown up to desktop. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/218070 Title: Nautilus not showing the desktop icons & wallpaper on login -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
