On 22 March 2012 10:19, Colin Law <[email protected]> wrote: > On 22 March 2012 10:08, Barry Drake <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 21/03/12 12:13, Barry Drake wrote: >>> >>> Hi there .... This morning I am faced with the desktop icons showing the >>> description and the tool-tip as well - see attached screenshot. This was >>> after yesterday's updates to Precise. >> >> >> I did try re-installing Ubuntu desktop using: sudo apt-get install >> ubuntu-desktop^ as suggested by Popey in connection with another query. >> This did not alter the situation. All the icons in the >> /usr/share/applications directory show the same problem - the description >> and the comment show all the time for every icon. I have done a small >> screenshot of a couple of these icons. I hope that will 'travel'. Any >> ideas? Or is it time to re-install Precise? > > I don't understand where you are seeing this. Is it desktop files > inside nautilus, shortcuts on the desktop, something to do with the > launcher, or where? > > A full screenshot posted somewhere as suggested by Bod might be helpful
OK, got it. I am seeing it if I view /usr/share/applications in nautilus or if I copy a .desktop file to the Desktop from there. I would report it as a bug in nautilus if not already reported. Colin > > Colin -- gplus.to/clanlaw -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
