[Bug 1170483] Re: The file manager (nautilus) handling the Desktop is not being enabled in live session

[Rick Harris]

In reply to Comment #6:
Based on this bug, 13.10 introduces a potential hierachical bug using gnome-settings-daemon-3.8.3~raring2-0ubuntu1

The bug manifests itself in 13.10 by exhibiting exactly the same
symptoms as this bug even when  'show-desktop-icons' is enabled for
org.gnome.desktop.background in dconf.

In addition, the bug doesn't occur immediately on desktop session
startup - but after some use, all desktop icons disappear and this last
window minimise freeze bug starts to appear.

Disabling and re-enabling 'show-desktop-icons' dconf entry for
org.gnome.desktop.background mentioned above works around the bug.

Disabling the following Ubuntu patches for gnome-settings-daemon fixes this:
revert_background_dropping.patch
52_sync_background_to_accountsservice.patch
git_revert_remove_automount_helper.patch

But we're still left with the original bug of needing 'show-desktop-
icons' dconf entry for org.gnome.desktop.background enabled.

Feel free to link this bug to any other bugs that share the same
symptom...

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Title:
  The file manager (nautilus) handling the Desktop is not being enabled
  in live session

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  This has been happening much more often than not in recent weeks. Come release that image should have the Desktop enabled in a live session or you're providing a sub-optimal "Try Ubuntu" experience in 13.04
  Todays live image is the latest to suffer from this, the beta2 release the same..

  Still occurring now into 13.10

  What happens:
  No right click on desktop
  No icons on desktop
  Possible poor behavior in unity & compiz
  Appearances panel is wrong one, as in gnome's Background panel

  When using alt menu to start live session this doesn't occur
  (- press any key at boot start up > enter enter

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.14.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-18.28-generic 3.8.6
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-18-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.330
  Date: Thu Apr 18 20:05:51 2013
  InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130418)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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