Public bug reported:
I'm new to this XDG user directory thing, so I may be overlooking
something here. But I always think that a false alarm is better than an
ignored problem, so here it is.
I did a fresh install of gutsy beta (Ubuntu i386 alternative). Since I
already have a Linux system on this computer, I want to reuse my /home
partition. But I don't want to mount /home at installation time,
fearing it would mess up those .xxx configuration files/dirs under the
default /home/minghua/ directory. So I just installed everything on one
partition.
After installation I logged into GNOME, found the XDG dirs created, with
the default names since I use en_US.UTF-8 locale. I can see them in the
"Places" menu on the panel. All good so far.
I logged out and rebooted to the other Linux system, mounted the Ubuntu
partition. Then I copied over the /home/minghua/ dir on Ubuntu
partition to my old /home partition, as /home/minghua-ubuntu/. I
changed the /etc/fstab file on Ubuntu partition to mount the correct
partition as /home, and changed /etc/passwd file to make me use the new
$HOME as well.
Now reboot back to Ubuntu. I can log in fine, and my $HOME is properly
set, my other settings are kept. However, I can't see the XDG dirs in
the "Places" menu anymore, although the dirs under /home/minghua-ubuntu/
haven't been touched. I can see, on the other hand, two entries of
"Documents" and "Music", but those point to the dirs with those name
under /home/minghua/.
So is XDG user dir supposed to work when $HOME is not equal to
/home/$USER? If yes, what have I missed?
** Affects: xdg-user-dirs (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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xdg-user-dirs: XDG user directories not recongnized after moving $HOME
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147690
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