Bug 710884 - Desktop Directory is set but is not relevent in Gnome 3
Summary: Desktop Directory is set but is not relevent in Gnome 3
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xdg-user-dirs
Version: 15
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Tomáš Bžatek
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-06-05 13:50 UTC by NickG
Modified: 2015-03-03 23:00 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2011-06-06 05:04:59 UTC
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Description NickG 2011-06-05 13:50:33 UTC 
Description of problem:
The XDG_DESKTOP_DIR is set to $HOME/Desktop which doesn't work correctly on Gnome 3. Removing the desktop manually doesn't work, and it still shows in GTK's bookmarks anyway

How reproducible:
Everytime from fresh install

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open home directory
2. Observe Desktop directory
  
Actual results:
Desktop directory is shown, but doesn't map to the actual desktop

Expected results:
No Desktop directory or show desktop directory contents on desktop

Additional info:

Either remove the ~/Desktop directory (preferred) or reenable the ~/Desktop -> Desktop mapping in Gnome

The simplest fix I've found is to edit ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs and replace the line:
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"
with 
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/"
Comment 1 Elad Alfassa 2011-06-06 05:04:59 UTC 
Yes, this change is planned for Fedora 16, and iirc it is already done in rawhide.
Closing.



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