I am experiencing the same behavior after upgrading to Ubuntu 11.10. Furthermore, I can see the shadow below the top panel and left panel disappear and Nautilus segfaults on startup.
** Summary changed: - Desktop icons become invisable + Desktop icons become invisible -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/841474 Title: Desktop icons become invisible To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/841474/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs