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 it was empty though the folders were definitely in there. (I've seen this behaviour mentioned on posts ages ago). I deleted the folders from trash manually, and my several desktop icons (links) disappeared. Checked that the user-dirs.dir was correct and executed sudo xdg-user-dirs-update which restored my desktop to the way I had it just minutes before. Trash applet still broken though. Restarted machine, trash applet working ok again and desktop all ok. No sign of the "file:" folder returning so far. -- files from ~ shown on desktop (desktop_is_home_dir == false) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/154037 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
