Inactive zombie ghost icons left behind on desktop when copying files

[Gary W Sherwin]

When copying files between directory windows, occasionally zombie ghost icons are left on the desktop. These are like holes in the screen with an icon that appears on top of everything in its covered location, is not selectable and is not moveable.

Ubuntu 22.10
Release: 22.10

gjs:
  Installed: 1.74.0-1
  Candidate: 1.74.0-1
  Version table:
 *** 1.74.0-1 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
Package: gjs 1.74.0-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-38.39-generic 5.19.17
Uname: Linux 5.19.0-38-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.23.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Apr 18 11:24:52 2023
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gjs-console
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-02-21 (56 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Release amd64 (20221020)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: gjs
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thanks for the bug report. Sorry we didn't see it earlier. Since Ubuntu 22.10 will reach end of life in July, please upgrade to 23.04 when you can and tell us if the bug still exists there.

Alternatively, you may choose to reinstall with 22.04 because that is the long term stable release that will be supported for much longer.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

[Gary W Sherwin (sherwingws)]

Thank you for your response. I just replaced disks on my system and in doing so, updated to Umbuntu 23.04. The problem has not appeared since.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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