[Bug 31236] Re: desktop icons position changing

[Sebastien Bacher]

According to upstream this version fixes the issue:

 nautilus (2.14.1-0ubuntu1) dapper; urgency=low
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   * New upstream version:
     - Translation updates
     - Code cleanups
     - Use --no-desktop option for all desktop files
     - Startup performance improvements
     - Make files copied from read-only source writeable
     - Don't allow bookmarking x-desktop:///
     - Add help buttons to several dialogs
     - Fix SVG file identification
     - Properly break down URIs for connect to server ui
     - Don't reposition icons on reload (Ubuntu: #31236)
     - Show unmounted but user-visible drives in the places sidebar
     - Display more info in the progress dialog when preparing
     - Smarter DnD target selection
     - Smaller close icon in the sidebar title
     - GnomeGoals: Use po/LINGUAS
     - Fix icons not updated on theme change (Ubuntu: #35483)
   * debian/patches/01_lpi.patch,
     debian/patches/02_autoconf.patch:
     - updated
   * debian/patches/06_documents_place.patch:
     - don't list the Documents place if the userdir is used for desktop
       (Ubuntu: #38663)

Let we know if that works for you or if you still get the issue. Closing for now assuming that upstream is right, feel free to reopen if that's not fixed for you

** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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desktop icons position changing
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/31236