Activity log for bug #1995223

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2022-10-30 20:12:43 Linda bug added bug
2022-10-30 20:15:34 Linda description In Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTSl, if settings -> appearance -> Desktop Icons -> Show Personal Folder = off, this doesn't work. The folders are showing on the desktop. In dconf-editor, /org/gnome/shell/extensions/ding/show-home = off. The following also has no effect: gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.ding show-home false In Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTSl, if settings -> appearance -> Desktop Icons -> Show Personal Folder = off, this doesn't work. The folders are showing on the desktop. In dconf-editor, /org/gnome/shell/extensions/ding/show-home = off. The following also has no effect: gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.ding show-home false This worked: gnome-extensions disable ding@rastersoft.com
2022-10-30 20:49:20 Linda description In Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTSl, if settings -> appearance -> Desktop Icons -> Show Personal Folder = off, this doesn't work. The folders are showing on the desktop. In dconf-editor, /org/gnome/shell/extensions/ding/show-home = off. The following also has no effect: gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.ding show-home false This worked: gnome-extensions disable ding@rastersoft.com In Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS, if settings -> appearance -> Desktop Icons -> Show Personal Folder = off, this doesn't work. The folders are showing on the desktop. In dconf-editor, /org/gnome/shell/extensions/ding/show-home = off. The following also has no effect: gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.ding show-home false This worked: gnome-extensions disable ding@rastersoft.com But then, if I create a ~/Desktop folder and put files in it, they don't appear on the desktop, even if I have edited ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs to have XDG_DESKTOP.DIR="$HOME/Desktop" I don't think all these things are working together, or aware of each other: ubuntu settings gnome XDG ding@rastersoft.com In particular, maybe ding@rastersoft.com broke this, although I can't be sure, but it seems to not handle well a /home/user folder without a Desktop folder or with an empty Desktop folder, where the user does not want any (home folder) icons to show on the Desktop. I hope they will please fix this.
2022-10-30 21:00:36 Linda description In Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS, if settings -> appearance -> Desktop Icons -> Show Personal Folder = off, this doesn't work. The folders are showing on the desktop. In dconf-editor, /org/gnome/shell/extensions/ding/show-home = off. The following also has no effect: gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.ding show-home false This worked: gnome-extensions disable ding@rastersoft.com But then, if I create a ~/Desktop folder and put files in it, they don't appear on the desktop, even if I have edited ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs to have XDG_DESKTOP.DIR="$HOME/Desktop" I don't think all these things are working together, or aware of each other: ubuntu settings gnome XDG ding@rastersoft.com In particular, maybe ding@rastersoft.com broke this, although I can't be sure, but it seems to not handle well a /home/user folder without a Desktop folder or with an empty Desktop folder, where the user does not want any (home folder) icons to show on the Desktop. I hope they will please fix this. In Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS, if settings -> appearance -> Desktop Icons -> Show Personal Folder = off, this doesn't work. The folders are showing on the desktop. In dconf-editor, /org/gnome/shell/extensions/ding/show-home = off. The following also has no effect: gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.ding show-home false This worked: gnome-extensions disable ding@rastersoft.com But then, if I create a ~/Desktop folder and put files in it, they don't appear on the desktop, even if I have edited ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs to have XDG_DESKTOP.DIR="$HOME/Desktop" I don't think all these things are working together, or aware of each other: ubuntu settings gnome XDG ding@rastersoft.com In particular, maybe ding@rastersoft.com broke this, although I can't be sure, but it seems to not handle well an empty /home/user/Desktop folder or a /home/user folder without a Desktop folder, where the user does not want any (home folder) icons to show on the Desktop. I hope they will please fix this.
2022-10-30 21:01:38 Linda description In Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS, if settings -> appearance -> Desktop Icons -> Show Personal Folder = off, this doesn't work. The folders are showing on the desktop. In dconf-editor, /org/gnome/shell/extensions/ding/show-home = off. The following also has no effect: gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.ding show-home false This worked: gnome-extensions disable ding@rastersoft.com But then, if I create a ~/Desktop folder and put files in it, they don't appear on the desktop, even if I have edited ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs to have XDG_DESKTOP.DIR="$HOME/Desktop" I don't think all these things are working together, or aware of each other: ubuntu settings gnome XDG ding@rastersoft.com In particular, maybe ding@rastersoft.com broke this, although I can't be sure, but it seems to not handle well an empty /home/user/Desktop folder or a /home/user folder without a Desktop folder, where the user does not want any (home folder) icons to show on the Desktop. I hope they will please fix this. In Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS, if settings -> appearance -> Desktop Icons -> Show Personal Folder = off, this doesn't work. The subfolders are still showing on the desktop. In dconf-editor, /org/gnome/shell/extensions/ding/show-home = off. The following also has no effect: gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.ding show-home false This worked: gnome-extensions disable ding@rastersoft.com But then, if I create a ~/Desktop folder and put files in it, they don't appear on the desktop, even if I have edited ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs to have XDG_DESKTOP.DIR="$HOME/Desktop" I don't think all these things are working together, or aware of each other: ubuntu settings gnome XDG ding@rastersoft.com In particular, maybe ding@rastersoft.com broke this, although I can't be sure, but it seems to not handle well an empty /home/user/Desktop folder or a /home/user folder without a Desktop folder, where the user does not want any (home folder) icons to show on the Desktop. I hope they will please fix this.
2022-10-30 21:02:35 Linda description In Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS, if settings -> appearance -> Desktop Icons -> Show Personal Folder = off, this doesn't work. The subfolders are still showing on the desktop. In dconf-editor, /org/gnome/shell/extensions/ding/show-home = off. The following also has no effect: gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.ding show-home false This worked: gnome-extensions disable ding@rastersoft.com But then, if I create a ~/Desktop folder and put files in it, they don't appear on the desktop, even if I have edited ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs to have XDG_DESKTOP.DIR="$HOME/Desktop" I don't think all these things are working together, or aware of each other: ubuntu settings gnome XDG ding@rastersoft.com In particular, maybe ding@rastersoft.com broke this, although I can't be sure, but it seems to not handle well an empty /home/user/Desktop folder or a /home/user folder without a Desktop folder, where the user does not want any (home folder) icons to show on the Desktop. I hope they will please fix this. In Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS, if settings -> appearance -> Desktop Icons -> Show Personal Folder = off, this doesn't work. The subfolders of /home/user are still showing on the desktop. In dconf-editor, /org/gnome/shell/extensions/ding/show-home = off. The following also has no effect: gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.ding show-home false This worked: gnome-extensions disable ding@rastersoft.com But then, if I create a ~/Desktop folder and put files in it, they don't appear on the desktop, even if I have edited ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs to have XDG_DESKTOP.DIR="$HOME/Desktop" I don't think all these things are working together, or aware of each other: ubuntu settings gnome XDG ding@rastersoft.com In particular, maybe ding@rastersoft.com broke this, although I can't be sure, but it seems to not handle well an empty /home/user/Desktop folder or a /home/user folder without a Desktop folder, where the user does not want any (home folder) icons to show on the Desktop. I hope they will please fix this.