Public bug reported: I've been having this bug for a while now: I have files on my desktop, and every time I make changes to a file and save the changes, most of my file icons on the desktop disappear. There is no clear logic to which icons vanish and which remain. It seems to affect any file type, including folders, but never all of them.
The issue can be mitigated by opening the Desktop from Files (nautilus), or by refreshing the gnome-shell (<Alt>+F2 -> 'r' + return). It can be easily reproduced on my device, and it happens even after a fresh restart. I'm running on Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS $apt-cache policy gnome-shell gnome-shell: Installed: 3.36.9-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 Candidate: 3.36.9-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 Version table: *** 3.36.9-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 500 500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3.36.4-1ubuntu1~20.04.2 500 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 Packages 3.36.1-5ubuntu1 500 500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.36.9-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-40.44~20.04.2-generic 5.11.22 Uname: Linux 5.11.0-40-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.21 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Nov 10 10:37:31 2021 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-08-03 (463 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.36.9-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal third-party-packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1950437 Title: Most Gnome Desktop icons disappear, when a file on desktop is changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1950437/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs