Double Home Directory

[Jeremy LaCroix]

For some reason, on both my 32-bit Gutsy and 64-bit Gutsy I have weird folders created.

On my 32-bit box, inside my home directory which is "/home/jeremy" and inside that I have another "/home/jeremy", like this:

/home/jeremy/home/jeremy

Inside that extra /home/jeremy, I have another .kde folder with two more folders in it, which are "env" and "share".

On my 64-bit box, I have stranger results. Inside my home directory, which is also /home/jeremy, I have a folder named "file:" and inside that I have another /home/jeremy, like this:
/home/jeremy/file:/home/jeremy

I deleted the folders on both boxes, upon reboot, they automatically come back. It's very confusing when you have two home folders on the same box within one another.

[Nanley Chery (nanoman)]

Do you still have this problem in the final release?

[Jeremy LaCroix (theragingdragonx)]

I don't seem to be having it anymore as far as I know.

On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 04:44 +0000, Nanley Chery wrote:
> Do you still have this problem in the final release?
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

[Jeremy LaCroix (jlacroix82-deactivatedaccount)]

I just found out some more info. I am actually still having this problem, however the extra files are created in my home directory whenever I create a launcher on the Gnome desktop. I just wiped my Ubuntu drive and did a full install of Gutsy, and even after all updates (there was only one) I am still having this problem.

To reproduce it, I rightclicked the desktop and chose to create a launcher. In both the name and command fields I put "test" and then I clicked okay. Then, the "file:/home/jeremy/Desktop" folders were automatically recreated in my home directory.

I guess the reason I thought it was fixed is because I haven't created a launcher on my desktop in a while and I just discovered today that's when it happens.

[Dmitriy Kropivnitskiy (nigde)]

I can confirm this behavior. I have created a launcher on the desktop for xterm by clicking Add Launcher context menu entering Terminal as caption and xterm as the command. Once I clicked OK file:/home/jeld/Desktop directory structure was created in my home directory.

[Jeremy LaCroix (theragingdragonx)]

The description says "fixed released" but I have yet to receive any updates that fix this problem. What's the current status?

[Textureglitch (textureglitch)]

I can confirm this behavior on a fully updated 32-bit Gutsy. A clean install from the Alternate CD, not an upgrade from Feisty.

[Data (ubuntuaddress)]

Status says "fix released". However, there's no fix mentioned for this bug, so setting the status to "confirmed".
Can anyone confirm that it's still there?

[Jeremy LaCroix (jlacroix82-deactivatedaccount)]

At least when it comes to 32-bit, it's not fixed. I only use 64-bit so I
don't know if 32-bit installations still have this problem.

On Saturday, I installed 7.10 on a new machine, and applied all available
updates. After all updates were installed and I rebooted, I proceeded to
create launchers on the desktop and the same thing happened again.

On my current installation of 7.10, it still happens. In addition, I also
have an 8.04 installation with all updates and it too has the same problem.

On Jan 28, 2008 4:56 PM, Data <email address hidden> wrote:

> Status says "fix released". However, there's no fix mentioned for this
> bug, so setting the status to "confirmed".
> Can anyone confirm that it's still there?
>
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> Double Home Directory
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[Jeremy LaCroix (jlacroix82-deactivatedaccount)]

As of right now, I am not having this problem with Hardy. The last time I used Gutsy (which was less than a week ago) this problem was still there. Once this is fixed in Gutsy, it can be closed now that its fixed in Hardy.

[Nanley Chery (nanoman)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, I am closing it because the bug has been fixed in the latest development version of Ubuntu - the Hardy Heron. It won't be fixed in previous versions of Ubuntu because the bug doesn't fit requirements for backporting. See [WWW] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports for more information.