Looks like it only fails in Xorg sessions. If you log into a Wayland session then the icons appear.
** Also affects: gjs (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: gjs (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: gjs (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng (Ubuntu) Milestone: None => ubuntu-22.04-beta ** Changed in: gjs (Ubuntu) Milestone: None => ubuntu-22.04-beta ** Tags added: rls-jj-incoming ** Summary changed: - No desktop icons visible even though DING is enabled + No desktop icons in Xorg sessions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1964296 Title: No desktop icons in Xorg sessions To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gjs/+bug/1964296/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs