Desktop icons become invisible

[Saad Inam]

after sever minutes of being logged on, the desktop items disappear, and are not click-able. re-logging in fixes the problem. Ubuntu 11.10 , version 3.1.4 of Nautilus.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: nautilus 1:3.1.4-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Sep 4 22:05:09 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-26 (10 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Lukáš Chmela (lukaschmela)]

I am experiencing the same behavior after upgrading to Ubuntu 11.10. Furthermore, I can see the shadow below the top panel and left panel disappear and Nautilus segfaults on startup.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:

* Is this reproducible?
* If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?

This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Does running nautilus from the launcher workaround the issue?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for nautilus (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]