I reported this bug directly upstream as well (and there are some candidates for duplicates there as well):
https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10138 Since there was (apparently) no response on this one. Upstream is currently filled with bugs like this. I read somewhere that xfdesktop is going to be a plugin of XFCE since they both perform (roughly) the same functions. And that makes sense, both are designed to show folder contents. Xfdesktop only places it output at the lowest hierarchical level in the window system and disables folder traversing. The rest is the same. However, the plugins repo: http://git.xfce.org/xfce/thunar-desktop-plugin/ Looks like a stub for now. I really hope this get's of the ground. Unfortunately, it seems that Canonical is currently focusing on Mir and other endeavours atm. Causing these bugs to recieve less attention than one would expect. What installation method are you using? Xubuntu stock? Or minimal installation as well? Maybe we need another package to prevent xfdesktop from going haywire. I mean, this is not affecting Xubuntu otherwise it would have been fixed right away. ** Bug watch added: Xfce Bugzilla #10138 https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10138 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1173849 Title: Some events cause xfdesktop to hang with high cpu usage and eating memory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfdesktop4/+bug/1173849/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
