Confirmed in edgy eft k2 too. I found a stupid workaround. Run a terminal, type "nautilus", then you get a new instance of nautilus and icons on desktop! Close nautilus and desktop disappeares and returns!
-- toggling "show desktop" setting fails https://launchpad.net/bugs/53184 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
