Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 20.10 (groovy) reached end-of-life on July 22, 2021.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in. ** Changed in: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- 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/1928586 Title: Desktop icons disappearing Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: This is in Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla. The bug: When connecting to USB tethering and allowing access to the phone's filesystem, Ubuntu's Desktop icons disappear. Steps to reproduce: Connect a phone to the computer via USB tethering (am a bit uneasy about mentioning which model phone it is). Switch on USB tethering and then switch off USB tethering in the phone's Mobile hotspot and tethering options. The phones screen will popup a dialog box asking "Allow access to phone data?" (which is a way to give the computer access to the phone's filesystem). You can click either "Allow" or "Deny". When either "Allow" or "Deny" is selected, the Desktop icons on Ubuntu disappear. When USB tethering is switched back on, the Desktop icons reappear. I've attached a video of the phenomenon. The video starts with USB tethering being switched on, which is why you can see the desktop icons. Then when USB tethering is switched off and "Allow" is clicked on the phone, the icons disappear and then they reappear when USB tethering is switched on again. This bug is probably related to bugs #1928206 and #1928213, which indicate that there are some inconsistencies with how the Nautilus Desktop works with respect to a Nautilus window. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons/+bug/1928586/+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
