Thanks @vanvugt, so there are 3 UI ways of hiding the desktop icons, but only one works:
$ gnome-shell-extension-prefs ... then switch off the desktop-icons extension. (Nevermind that gnome tweaks, under "Extensions", listed the desktop- icons gnome shell extension as disabled.) The bugs are then the mere existence of the other two UI ways of hiding desktop icons. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1880243 Title: can't hide desktop icons neither with dconf-editor nor with gnome- shell-extension-desktop-icons Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: In attempting to hide all desktop icons, I can't. 1. With dconf-editor, org/gnome/desktop/background/show-desktop-icons , I set the value to False, and yet the icons show. 2. With gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons, despite disabling it, it still doesn't work (can change the size of the icons, but can't hide all icons when deactivating the extension). What's the appropriate approach to disable desktop icons? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons 20.04.0-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-31.35-generic 5.4.34 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-31-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Fri May 22 22:24:44 2020 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-24 (1428 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-05-20 (2 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons/+bug/1880243/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
