desktop shows removable storage devices twice

[Len Ovens]

The Desktop shows two of each removable storage device icons. If I use settings to turn the showing of removable storage devices there is still an icon remaining for removable storage device.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-13.11-lowlatency 3.5.3
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-13-lowlatency i686
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.321
Date: Sun Sep 2 04:41:45 2012
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-Studio 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120831)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1044896

[Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros)]

Hi Len,

are you sure that xorg is the correct package?

Properly unity would be more correct.

[Len Ovens (len-ovenwerks)]

On Sun, September 2, 2012 6:22 am, melchiaros wrote:
> Hi Len,
>
> are you sure that xorg is the correct package?
>
> Properly unity would be more correct.

No unity here, maybe xfce4 though. I actually didn't put xorg in,
ubuntu-bug did that. I am not sure which of the xfce4 packages though...
or if xfce4.10 adds something that hasn't been allowed for.

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[Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros)]

I have observe this some weeks ago on unity desktop, but it has not occured regulary and it is gone on my system since a while.

[Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros)]

Looking at the information provided with the report your system is also full upgraded.

Anyway, I have observed this. I confirm.

[Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros)]

If now xfce is the correct package is a other question.

[Len Ovens (len-ovenwerks)]

On Sun, September 2, 2012 7:42 am, melchiaros wrote:
> If now xfce is the correct package is a other question.
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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1044896

Yes, if you are seeing it in unity as well, that is confusing. I think
unity uses nautilus for the desktop and xfce4 uses thunar. So maybe gvfs?

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Len Ovens
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[Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros)]

Yes, it is nautilus, so I also see this as a underlying problem. I do not know enough to make further guessing, but ... yes, gvfs is one possibility. May be attaching this package additional make sense.

[Len Ovens (len-ovenwerks)]

Attached a screenshot shows two icons for two drives. Note that one set of icons has a different graphic than the other. Also the graphic that looks like the innards of a hard drive changes to the other style graphic if the mouse hovers over it or xfce-settings manager is started.

[Len Ovens (len-ovenwerks)]

I should also note: This is only on the live session from the ISO (DVD or USB stick) the problem does not show up in the installed version.

[Len Ovens (len-ovenwerks)]

Scratch comment #11. The problem does show up after install, it only looked like it went away because there was only two icons, but they are both the same device. The other two are gone because I installed on that device.

[Elfy (elfy)]

This is not just nautilus - same issue in Thunar.

[Elfy (elfy)]

possibly duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunar/+bug/1039375

[Musarraf (musarraf172)]

A temporary work arround :

Go to desktop setting (in xfe desktop)
Then click on icon tab and uncheck removable media .

This will temporarily solve the duplicate icon for internel storage..

[Musarraf (musarraf172)]

A temporary work arround :

Go to desktop setting (in xfe desktop)
Then click on icon tab and uncheck removable media .

This will temporarily solve the duplicate icon for internel storage..

But you will lose the desktop icon for external or removeable media.