(In reply to t...@vr-web.de from comment #79) > This bug is not fixed at all. There is a good chance reading icon positions > from $HOME/.config/xfce4/desktop.conf is not finished before reading icons > from $HOME/Desktop having icons rearrange. There is no locking nothing to > make sure the icon positions are known BEFORE starting to read "Desktop". > And if this occurs the icons WILL again rearrange! > It will depend on how many applications you start, on IO-load, what is done > in background. Processes reading many small files from disk, like > man-page-updates, can trigger it. > A fast look at what the code does made clear: you do not have anything > making sure the two threads: read "Desktop", read "Config" are not forced to > run after each other. The part positioning the icons isn't locked at all. It > will run concurrently to read config if read desktop is finished. It is > triggered every time an item is read from read Desktop -- regardless reading > configs is ready or not.
Hi, I don't know the code, so forgive me if I am rude or naive, but why are there two threads if they need to run one after the other? Shouldn't there be a single thread running things properly? Regards -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1335492 Title: [4.11.8] Desktop icons rearrange on each login To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xfdesktop/+bug/1335492/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
