Comment 79 for bug 1335492

Created attachment 6134
DBG messages from main account

I'm stumped. I made a new test account and configured its desktop to be, AFAIK, the same as in my main account (icon size 22 instead of 48 pix, black background, panel bottom of screen, panel height 18 pix). Icon positions for the test account are remembered between logins, but not for my main account.

The only other relevant difference I can think of is that on the test desktop, I only have a few test files and folders with short names. On my main account, I have many more, with longer names. But I controlled for that by sticking all my icons into a single folder and adding a few test icons with short names to the desktop. Still, none of their positions are remembered.

I logged DBG messages from xfdesktop for both accounts. Here is the log for the main account.

Afterwards, I also tried switching the test account to the same theme (Numix), font size (9), compositor setting (disabled), and workspace switching behaviour (no wrap at screen edge) as my main account. Test account continues to remember its icon positions.