After some more digging into the problem, I've found a workaround, and I think that I also found the bug itself:
The KDE Control Center Module that changes the path creates an entry in ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs that has the form XDG_DESKTOP_DIR[$e]="/home/olenz/KDesktop" When removing the "[$e]" with an editor, and logging out and in again, the changed path persists, and everything works as intended. The "[$e]" seems to originate from KDE, where it is found in the lines in ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals. In ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs however, the "[$e]" has to be omitted. I think the bug is therefore in the KDE control center module that edits the latter file. Now I wonder: is this a bug in KDE, or in Kubuntus modifications? -- Can't change Documents or Desktop paths https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208253 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Team, which is subscribed to kubuntu-meta in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs