On 22 March 2012 10:08, Barry Drake <ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com> 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-installing Ubuntu desktop using: sudo apt-get install > ubuntu-desktop^ as suggested by Popey in connection with another query. > This did not alter the situation. All the icons in the > /usr/share/applications directory show the same problem - the description > and the comment show all the time for every icon. I have done a small > screenshot of a couple of these icons. I hope that will 'travel'. Any > ideas? Or is it time to re-install Precise?
I don't understand where you are seeing this. Is it desktop files inside nautilus, shortcuts on the desktop, something to do with the launcher, or where? A full screenshot posted somewhere as suggested by Bod might be helpful Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/