[lubuntu-users] Error: the new mouse does not sweep clean in Lu 19.10?

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Tue, 2 Jul 2019 18:52:51 -0700, Fritz Hudnut wrote:
>is a Gecko partition in another drive, so I don't know
>why that would "throw an error" in Lu . . .???
>
>Anyway, it's mildly irritating, sort of like the "hidden file on the
>desktop" thing, which does seem to have "gone away" . . . in
>19.10 . . . but, now there is the "error" window . . . which other
>than that, things seem to be "working" properly . . . is there
>actually "an error" or is it a "false positive"???

Regarding Ubuntu's policy by default everything is enabled, that could
be enabled, if you install a package containing something that could be
auto-started, then it is auto-started, so usually on Ubuntu flavours
run a lot of services, that aren't needed by the user.

Disable all services you don't need.

Ubuntu's user-friendly policy deviate from the KISS principle. Consider
to remove all those bug auto-reporting tools, apport, whoopsie and what
ever else is running.

Does something try to auto-mount the Gecko partition? Are you using a
hand written fstab or the systemd equivalent? Is gvfs or something
opaque and fishy running that provides mounting features? I install empty
dummy packages on my distros to fulfil gvfs and pulseaudio dependencies,
since this is software I dislike and that is absolutely useless for me.
In your case pulseaudio is irrelevant, but gvfs could be relevant.

If something unexpected happens and the log files aren't helpful, then
start troubleshooting by keeping things simple. Try to solve one issue
after the other. Even disable services you need temporarily for
troubleshooting purpose.

Is getting rid a hidden file on the desktop vital?
Start with the most important issue.

Please open a thread for each individual issue. Just focus on the
issue, don't add stories.

Let's start with the hidden file.

I'm using openbox without a desktop at all, I just set up a wallpaper.
What provides the Desktop for Lubuntu? If it's e.g. a file manager in
desktop mode, check the settings related to hidden files.

However, is that hidden file needed?

Open a terminal and run

  ls -A ~/Desktop/

Is there a hidden file?

If so and you don't know what that file is good for, did you already
google what it is good for?

Maybe you want to move the file out of the way, run

  sudo mv -i ~/Desktop/.name_of_the_file ~/.name_of_the_file.BACKUP_OF_A_DESKTOP_DIR_FILE