Have this issue on Mint 19.3 XFCE. This is a pain. Not sure but it seems
at some point in time the option to auto-arrange or manually arrange
icons was removed from the desktop options, so now it auto-arrange
everything on startup. moving everything to a different place every
time.
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(As specified at a XFCE
forum)[https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=7597=2], actually
worked turning on Home and Trash default desktop icons at `Desktop >
Icons > Default Icons`. This will restore the order properly when
reboot.
Tested on MX Linux 19.2 amd64 - XFCE 4.14.
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I am retired.
I worked in IT all my life.
Every attempt at evading the deliberate random rearrangement is nullified over
the last 10 years.(read only flags, copying , desktop --reload etc)
So there is no bug - it is deliberately programmed.
This is disgraceful.
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Description:Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS
Release:16.04
Codename: xenial
4.4.0-157-generic x86_64
the version of xfdesktop is:
$ xfdesktop --version
(xfdesktop:17981): Gtk-WARNING **: 23:31:18.354: Im Modulpfad »hcengine« konnte
I still have this problem Octopber 2018, xubuntu.
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The files that are created in ~/.config/xfce4/desktop should contain the
resolution in the name and not the size of the workarea. At least for me almost
every time i rebooted the values of the workarea were a little bit different
and so the icons where all rearanged to the top left side.
I
Xubuntu 16.04 LTS, the bug is still here, have no idea why developers
don't fix it. :(
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Very annoying bug!! Why this bug persists since 2013 up to newest
Xenial Xerus, eludes me somehow. Is it so difficult to fix? It started
to appear on my older Sony Vaio last year with Wiley Werewolf and
affects me since without a clear pattern. Sometimes the icons on the
desktop remain perfectly
Almost every time at log in icons rearranged, one time all icons other
times only part of icons rearranged and part at the same place.
Xubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
3.13.0-74-generic
Default file manager: Nemo 2.6.7
xfdesktop4 4.11.8-0ubuntu0.1 i386
xubuntu-desktop 2.180 i386
desktop-base
This problem has just shown up on my system: Xubuntu 14.04.3 AMD64 Desktop.
It is very annoying. I see no use for desktop icon auto-arrange, I cannot find
an option to turn it off.
Why should the OS auto-destroy data that the user has entered into the system?
This annoyance seems to have been
Unfortunately the problem still persists. But the devs are aware of the
problem and are working on a fix actually.
https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11266
** Bug watch added: Xfce Bugzilla #11266
https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11266
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Falconet, thanks a lot for your answer - even if I have checked this
before. Because it made me re-check things and let me stumble over a
mistake I obviously made - I checked for xfce4 and not for xfdesktop4.
First tests are looking promising, thank you very much for food for my
thoughts .)
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No, I was wrong :/ it only survived restarting x but after reboot the
desktop is messed up again.
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Markus have you tried xfdesktop 4.12.1 or newer like it was proposed above?
I have 4.12.2 and I no longer have the problem after dozens of shut downs,
restarts, etc
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Here:
http://sourcedigit.com/15105-install-xfce-desktop-4-12-ubuntu-using-ppa/
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I can confirm that raising the panel size fixed the issue for me.
Unfortunately on my display (3k) it needs a 56px panel which is kind of
unusable. But fortunately I found an easy fix for my machine: simply
unlock the top panel. Right click panel - settings - display - lock
panel (or the like, my
@Thaddaeus, I restored the icon size to 48, updated xfdesktop4 from your
PPA, and I can happily confirm: the issue is solved ! I tried both
logging out and back in, as well as rebooting the laptop, and the icons
stayed put in their positions.
So no need to workaround the issue anymore by changing
I have the same bug on Xubuntu 15.04, however I have registered the bug
I on a previous version Xubuntu 14.10 too. All updates are done.
A workaround for my desktop is the next command:
cp rc.backup ~/.config/xfce4/desktop/icons.screen0-1350x752.rc xfdesktop
--reload
It seems the bug is not
Pavel, can you test xfdesktop 4.12.1 or newer? The main issue should be
fixed now (at least the aspect of this bug which I was able to
reproduce).
Latest builds are available in my PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~thad-fisch/+archive/ubuntu/xfce-git
Also, if you still encounter this bug, please
Actually it still isn't working
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@Falconet, this is magic: my icons had the default size, 48. I changed
them to 40, as you've done, and now xfdesktop4 doesn't change their
position anymore. Experimented logging out and also restarting, in both
cases their position is not changed anymore.
I'm running Xubuntu 15.04 with xfdesktop4
There is an inconvenience to having icons size 40: their name is not
shown in full. Using size 48, their name is shown in full.
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The bug is still there - I had the icons size at 35.
Switched to 40 and its gone.
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I had at 35 and it changed all the time - now it doesn't!
Cumprimentos
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I have freshly installed Xubuntu 15.04, and the bug is still on.
xfdesktop4 version is 4.12.0-1ubuntu1.
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I have the same problem with the icons in Linux Mint 17.1 (rebecca) as
of March 31st 2015. I've been waitin' for a fix in the automatic updates
since January, but is almost april and there's no fix.
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This bug also found in my new xubuntu 14.04.02 at Marc 24, 2015.
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This bug is still effecting me (both 14.04.01 and 14.04.02) as of Feb
28th, 2015.
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The new version should be available for trusty now.
If you still encounter this bug, please subscribe to bug 1335492.
** Changed in: xfdesktop4 (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released
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An update from Thaddäus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch):
An updated package is now available in trusty-proposed. Please look at bug
1365965 and follow the instructions to test the new version.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfdesktop4/+bug/1190990/+attachment/4251122/+files/pkgs.lst
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This bug is there now from 12.04.1 up to 15.04. It is not fixed and
alive mangeling my desktop icons every start!
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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1307251 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1307251
Okay this is Not a ubuntu bug it is a xfce bug.
I have tried xubuntu 14.04 and first encountered this bug, since then I have
tried 12.04 with the new xfce desktop and the bug was there and manjaro xfce is
@gordon
The bug report is written to affect xfdesktop4, which is xfce component. But
actually this is ubuntu problem. Since there is fix for xfdesktop4, but no one
is willing apply the fix for xubuntu.
** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 1307251
xfdesktop doesn't save the
PS. Bug duplicate status is removed due incorrectly applied fix
released status. Fix is committed, not released.
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Problem exists in Unbuntu Studio 14.04 with XFCE 4.10. Hoping to get
some sort of fix I can apply to fix this major break in functionality.
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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1307251 ***
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Under Linux Mint 17 (based on Ubuntu 14.04), is still happening.
After arranging all the icons in my favourite positions, I pressed F5
and everything moved to the left in vertical lines of icons :-(
I
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1307251 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1307251
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1307251
xfdesktop doesn't save the arrangement of desktop icons after a resolution
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Rafael Muñoz Rodríguez report this bug to be still issue with 14.04. And
according to the comments of bugzilla report the affected version of
xfdesktop is 4.11.6-1ubuntu1. Which is still in use in 14.04.
** Changed in: xfdesktop4 (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed = Fix Committed
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In what situation this occurs? Can you reproduce it? If you can please give
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Status: Fix Released = Incomplete
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This is bug https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10813 - which was
a recent regression, also fixed in the past couple of days.
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https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10813
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I'm also experiencing this issue with Xubuntu 14.04 LTS
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Upgrading is not that easy. There's always a lot of re-installing and tweaking
of installed software involved and besides that the fan of that laptop needs to
be cleaned first (which involves a total dismantling and reassembling of it) as
I don't want to it stop half-way during upgrading due
Some of your applications might depend on certain version of xfdesktop, but I
doubt it would be the case.
Also not sure how update manager would react... I think the biggest worry is
about configs, if they have changed with newer version of xfdesktop, you might
mess up things. But of course you
I'm still affected. (Xubuntu 12.10 / 64). Whenever I reboot all icons on
the desktop rearrange themselves to the left side of the screen.
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Xubuntu 12.10 is not long term support release, and loses its support
tomorrow (1.4). So I don't think the bug fix is going to be backported.
Please upgrade your system.
However, what about Xubuntu 12.04? Anyone knows?
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Too bad. But I suppose in 13.04 this issue will sill get fixed? (I don't want
13.10 on my laptop yet). And can the fix somehow be implemented manually in
12.04?
I do have a PC running 13.10. That one seems to remember its icon locations on
the desktop.
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One option is to uninstall xfdesktop. Get the source code, then compile
and install it. I don't know how painful this would be. This also means
you would have to update it manually. I don't recommend to do it, unless
you really know what to do.
Not sure if there are ready binary packages for
No further complains, report in bugzilla claims it's fixed and I can
confirm this on my own system.
** Changed in: xfdesktop4 (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = Fix Released
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I haven't experience this problem recently. So it might be fixed.
However they say the fixed version is 4.6.1 and bug was reported of
4.10.2 (which is still the recent). So at least it wasn't fixed with
that release! Or the bug depends on certain configuration or other
component than xfdesktop.
I
OK, I found this:
https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9192
I think the bug really is fixed for all.
** Bug watch added: Xfce Bugzilla #9192
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Initial upstream report: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6149
(fixed)
So, does xfdesktop not restore the icon layout per screen resolution
like it is intended?
** Bug watch added: Xfce Bugzilla #6149
https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6149
** Changed in: xfdesktop4 (Ubuntu)
xfdesktop saves icon positions per screen resolution and should restore
the layout once the same resolution is applied again. An upstream bug
report (feature request) might be required to fix or improve the current
behavior.
https://bugzilla.xfce.org/
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I am experiencing this with around 7 Ubuntu (unity) desktop installs -
is the bug as reported just affecting XFCE?
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This is reported to affect xfdesktop4 (Desktop manager of Xubuntu),
but if it really is problem also with Ubuntu, then I'm not sure what to
blame... maybe they are two different bugs?
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: xfdesktop4 (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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