Public bug reported: This is in Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla.
The bug: When connecting to USB tethering and allowing access to the phone's filesystem, Ubuntu's Desktop icons disappear. Steps to reproduce: Connect a phone to the computer via USB tethering (am a bit uneasy about mentioning which model phone it is). Switch on USB tethering and then switch off USB tethering in the phone's Mobile hotspot and tethering options. The phones screen will popup a dialog box asking "Allow access to phone data?" (which is a way to give the computer access to the phone's filesystem). You can click either "Allow" or "Deny". When either "Allow" or "Deny" is selected, the Desktop icons on Ubuntu disappear. When USB tethering is switched back on, the Desktop icons reappear. I've attached a video of the phenomenon. The video starts with USB tethering being switched on, which is why you can see the desktop icons. Then when USB tethering is switched off and "Allow" is clicked on the phone, the icons disappear and then they reappear when USB tethering is switched on again. This bug is probably related to bugs #1928206 and #1928213, which indicate that there are some inconsistencies with how the Nautilus Desktop works with respect to a Nautilus window. ** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Attachment added: "Video of the problem" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1928586/+attachment/5497965/+files/disappearingIcons.mp4 ** Description changed: This is in Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla. The bug: When connecting to USB tethering and allowing access to the phone's filesystem, Ubuntu's Desktop icons disappear. - Steps to reproduce: - Connect a phone to the computer via USB tethering (am a bit uneasy about mentioning which model phone it is). Switch on USB tethering and then switch off USB tethering in the phone's Mobile hotspot and tethering options. The phones screen will popup a dialog box asking "Allow access to phone data?" (which is a way to give the computer access to the phone's filesystem. You can click either "Allow" or "Deny". When either "Allow" or "Deny" is selected, you can access the phone's files via Nautilus, but the Desktop icons on Ubuntu disappear. When USB tethering is switched back on, the Desktop icons reappear. + Steps to reproduce: + Connect a phone to the computer via USB tethering (am a bit uneasy about mentioning which model phone it is). Switch on USB tethering and then switch off USB tethering in the phone's Mobile hotspot and tethering options. The phones screen will popup a dialog box asking "Allow access to phone data?" (which is a way to give the computer access to the phone's filesystem). You can click either "Allow" or "Deny". When either "Allow" or "Deny" is selected, the Desktop icons on Ubuntu disappear. When USB tethering is switched back on, the Desktop icons reappear. I've attached a video of the phenomenon. The video starts with USB tethering being switched on, which is why you can see the desktop icons. Then when USB tethering is switched off, the icons disappear and then they reappear when USB tethering is switched on again. This bug is probably related to bugs #1928206 and #1928213, which indicate that there are some inconsistencies with how the Nautilus Desktop works with respect to a Nautilus window. ** Description changed: This is in Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla. The bug: When connecting to USB tethering and allowing access to the phone's filesystem, Ubuntu's Desktop icons disappear. Steps to reproduce: Connect a phone to the computer via USB tethering (am a bit uneasy about mentioning which model phone it is). Switch on USB tethering and then switch off USB tethering in the phone's Mobile hotspot and tethering options. The phones screen will popup a dialog box asking "Allow access to phone data?" (which is a way to give the computer access to the phone's filesystem). You can click either "Allow" or "Deny". When either "Allow" or "Deny" is selected, the Desktop icons on Ubuntu disappear. When USB tethering is switched back on, the Desktop icons reappear. I've attached a video of the phenomenon. The video starts with USB tethering being switched on, which is why you can see the desktop icons. - Then when USB tethering is switched off, the icons disappear and then - they reappear when USB tethering is switched on again. + Then when USB tethering is switched off and "Allow" is clicked on the + phone, the icons disappear and then they reappear when USB tethering is + switched on again. This bug is probably related to bugs #1928206 and #1928213, which indicate that there are some inconsistencies with how the Nautilus Desktop works with respect to a Nautilus window. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1928586 Title: Desktop icons disappearing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1928586/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs