[Bug 1898138] [NEW] Desktop doesn't populate

[Bill Farina]

Public bug reported:

Since the upgrade to 20.04, there are no icons on my desktop. When I try
to drop a file to the desktop, I'm unable to and the file bounces back
to it's original location.

My desktop directory is still located in the user root directory and all
the files that are supposed to be in it, are.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:20.04.25
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-48.52-generic 5.4.60
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-48-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.9
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Oct  1 18:52:15 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-09 (1057 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: release-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-10-01 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade focal

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Title:
  Desktop doesn't populate

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Since the upgrade to 20.04, there are no icons on my desktop. When I
  try to drop a file to the desktop, I'm unable to and the file bounces
  back to it's original location.

  My desktop directory is still located in the user root directory and
  all the files that are supposed to be in it, are.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:20.04.25
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-48.52-generic 5.4.60
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-48-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.9
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Thu Oct  1 18:52:15 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-09 (1057 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: release-upgrade
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-10-01 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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