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ISSUE

After saving a text file, some icons and folders on the desktop disappear. When you manually refresh screen using ALT-F2, then enter "r", the icons reappear.

EXAMPLE

Open a text file

Make a change, save, then some desktop icons and files disappear

After manual refresh (ALT-F2 > "r") they all reappear

REMEDIES ATTEMPTED

sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons from Ubuntu 20.04 desktop files and icons missing

sudo apt install --reinstall gnome-control-center

SYSTEM DETAILS

  • OS: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • TYPE: 64-bit
  • GNOME VERSION: 3.36.3
  • Windowing System: X11

Thanks

Danny Blaker
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It seems there is a bug in Gnome. I found two different reports:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons/+bug/1883174

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons/+bug/1816205

I have both symptoms here. Saving a file in desktop sometimes just flashes the icons but sometimes makes most of them to disappear - but not all of them. And I'm pretty sure the ones that stay on screen are always the same.

There was a proposed fix on 2020.12.07 but I haven't tested it. Will wait.

tjs
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