Is this a problem in Ubuntu 10.10? If so, please report back and this can be sent upstream.
** Changed in: xdg-user-dirs (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to xdg-user-dirs in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/151576 Title: setting XDG_DESKTOP_DIR automaticallyto the user dir when Desktop is not available confuses users -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs