desktop dysfunction

[francesco44]

Hello Mint Fellows

in Mint 17.1

The cause of the problem is unknown to me....

My desktop behave awkwardly.....Some icons are presented as "selected" (greyish)....and impossible to de-select. Same for some other...not selected. All this for some icons but not all.

The pointer with left click maintained do not change the location of these icons (stucked in place) but instead works as if I wanted to select a set of icons (a rectangle is produced as in the selection mode of the pointer)....but only for these few icons.

 If in the menu I choose rearrange icons by names.....all icons are duplicated. A reset or a restart do not clear all that. The same state of the desktop persists

[francesco44 (matarasso-centre-cired)]

I think this came after one of the last updates. Strange behaviour.....

Some icons of files seems to be behaving in different ways than other...like having different attributes

When trying to rearrange by names a second time.....icons still doubled, but not doubled again...new doubled icons are stacked on original ones

Very serious problem from my point of view as it affects the front interface

[francesco44 (matarasso-centre-cired)]

I do not know where to post on Launchpad

[francesco44 (matarasso-centre-cired)]

To be noted

After right click menu on desktop "organize desktop by name......a duplication of some icons occurs....not for all icons....It seems also that the "original icons are now glued in place....the pointer behave as in the selection mode with designing a rectangular selection pattern. Do not seems to be related to the mouse because the icons affected are the same...seems linked to a bad behaviour of one icons which cannot be de-selected from the first time

sorry for being verbose

[francesco44 (matarasso-centre-cired)]

All the proble disappear when changing backgroung.....Therefore the uneffective icons seems to be integrated in the previous background.....I do not understand why.

For me the problem is solved.....but do not know why this happened!....may be a wrong click or something