Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-22 Thread Barry Drake
On 22/03/12 12:36, Kris Douglas wrote: I /think/ that it is nautilus that displays the icons on the desktop. Yes, Nautilus is responsible for showing desktop icons. The bug seems to have been fixed in the last set of updates. The Ubuntu bug team is fantastic isn't it. Regards,Barry.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-22 Thread Barry Drake
On 22/03/12 12:36, Kris Douglas wrote: I /think/ that it is nautilus that displays the icons on the desktop. Yes, Nautilus is responsible for showing desktop icons. Ah! My mistake. I just assumed that Nautilus was a file browser and did nothing else. Thanks for making it clear. Regards,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-22 Thread Kris Douglas
On 22 March 2012 11:52, Colin Law wrote: > On 22 March 2012 11:48, Barry Drake wrote: >> On 22/03/12 11:01, Andy Braben wrote: >>> >>> That is a duplicate of >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/961141, which says >>> it affects 4 people, so you are not alone. >> >> >> I re

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-22 Thread Colin Law
On 22 March 2012 11:48, Barry Drake wrote: > On 22/03/12 11:01, Andy Braben wrote: >> >> That is a duplicate of >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/961141, which says >> it affects 4 people, so you are not alone. > > > I reported it as an ubuntu-desktop rather than a nautilu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-22 Thread Barry Drake
On 22/03/12 11:01, Andy Braben wrote: That is a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/961141, which says it affects 4 people, so you are not alone. I reported it as an ubuntu-desktop rather than a nautilus bug as the situation arose with launchers that were alre

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-22 Thread Andy Braben
On 22 March 2012 10:44, Barry Drake wrote: > On 22/03/12 10:24, Colin Law wrote: > >> OK, got it. I am seeing it if I view /usr/share/applications in nautilus >> or if I copy a .desktop file to the Desktop from there. I would report it >> as a bug in nautilus if not already reported. Colin >> > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-22 Thread Barry Drake
On 22/03/12 10:24, Colin Law wrote: OK, got it. I am seeing it if I view /usr/share/applications in nautilus or if I copy a .desktop file to the Desktop from there. I would report it as a bug in nautilus if not already reported. Colin Thanks for that. I've reported it at: https://bugs.launch

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-22 Thread Colin Law
On 22 March 2012 10:19, Colin Law wrote: > On 22 March 2012 10:08, Barry Drake wrote: >> On 21/03/12 12:13, Barry Drake wrote: >>> >>> Hi there This morning I am faced with the desktop icons showing the >>> description and the tool-tip as well - see attached screenshot. This was >>> after ye

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-22 Thread Colin Law
On 22 March 2012 10:08, Barry Drake wrote: > On 21/03/12 12:13, Barry Drake wrote: >> >> Hi there This morning I am faced with the desktop icons showing the >> description and the tool-tip as well - see attached screenshot. This was >> after yesterday's updates to Precise. > > > I did try re-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-22 Thread Barry Drake
On 21/03/12 12:13, Barry Drake wrote: Hi there This morning I am faced with the desktop icons showing the description and the tool-tip as well - see attached screenshot. This was after yesterday's updates to Precise. I did try re-installing Ubuntu desktop using: sudo apt-get install ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-21 Thread Bod Soutar
On Mar 21, 2012 12:16 PM, "Barry Drake" wrote: > > The below bounced because of the size of the screenshot. Attempts to show the problem in a screenshot less than the permitted 40kb were unsuccessful, so I hope someone can recognise the problem from the description alone. > > Hi there This m

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-21 Thread Barry Drake
The below bounced because of the size of the screenshot. Attempts to show the problem in a screenshot less than the permitted 40kb were unsuccessful, so I hope someone can recognise the problem from the description alone. Hi there This morning I am faced with the desktop icons showing th