Desktop icon position not remembered

Question

Every time I bootup my Ubuntu 11.10, the desktop icons are shuffled and placed on top of each other. I wonder if this is a settings problem (e.g. I can remove some configure file in my home folder to solve this problem PERMANANTELY), or it is a bug I shall report?

Thanks, Shannon

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 18 '12 at 09:03

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If you right click on your open desktop somewhere and click on the "keep aligned" setting your icons should line back into place.I ve had that problem and that fixed it

answered Mar 18 '12 at 09:03

robert

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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Follow the answer above or reset GNOME as described on this post

How do I reset GNOME to the defaults?

There is a big chance this is just a glitch and a reset will make it work as it should.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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answered Mar 19 '12 at 08:49

Bruno Pereira

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Desktop icon position not remembered

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