The icons associated with files copied to the desktop appear and disappear as the mouse moves across the desktop

[Brad Figg]

I copied two .jpeg files from my phone onto the desktop with Nautilus. The icons for the two files disappeared after a few seconds. I checked the ~/Desktop directory and the two files are there. As I move the mouse pointer across the desktop the icons appear. Moving away from the icons, cause them to disappear.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.22.0-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 280.13 Wed Jul 27 16:53:56 PDT 2011
 GCC version: gcc version 4.6.1 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.1-9ubuntu3)
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Fri Oct 7 14:59:28 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 280.13, 3.0.0-12-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
 nVidia Corporation GF100 [GeForce GTX 480] [10de:06c0] (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:1482]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110930)
JockeyStatus:
 xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
 xorg:nvidia_current_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=77a34ee0-5e0d-4618-8c18-1551ab5236f5 ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M initcall_debug printk.time=1
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/15/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.bios.version: LCPBG10J.86A.0548.2011.0715.2025
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrLCPBG10J.86A.0548.2011.0715.2025:bd07/15/2011:svn:pn:pvr:rvn:rn:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvr:
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu3
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Could be nautilus related?

[Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)]

Seems nautilus-related to me, as I also had the issue once previously when testing Unity-2d.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

There has been no activity here or mention of similar issues in years and it's likely resolved, closing but feel free to open a new report if you still have problems in newer versions