Can't change Documents or Desktop paths
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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kdebase (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: kubuntu-desktop
I'm using a fresh installation of Kubuntu 8.04beta (Heron) and I tried both the i386 and AMD64 versions.
When trying to change the Desktop or Documents paths to anything else, the changes are reset to ~/Desktop and ~/Documents when logging out and in again. What's more, when trying to change the Desktop path, all contents of the root path (/) are added to the desktop.
Steps to reproduce:
(0. Create a test user account not to destroy your own account.)
1. Open Kmenu -> System Settings -> About Me -> Paths
2. Change "Desktop path" to anything else (e.g. ~/KDesktop).
-> The new path is created, and the files from your Desktop are moved there.
-> However, the desktop shows the contents of the root directory (/).
3. If you try to change the Desktop path again, it will try to move all files from the root directory to the new directory, which will not suceed but require a number of warning messages to be confirmed.
4. Log out and in again.
-> The Desktop is empty, and the path has been reset to ~/Desktop.
The bug seems to be closely related to bug #174532.
I've tried manually changing [Paths] in ~/.kde/
Changed in kubuntu-meta: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in kubuntu-meta: | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Rereading the comments of bug #174532, I noticed that when I change the path in the System Settings and click "Apply", the changes are correctly reflected in ~/.config/ user-dirs. dirs, where the line
XDG_DESKTOP_ DIR[$e] ="/home/ olenz/KDesktop"
occurs, however, I also get
> kde-config --userpath desktop
/
>