[Bug 2067659] [NEW] All Desktop icon disappear if 'Desktop' Folder contains a corrupted encoding file

[Bugreporter69]

Public bug reported:

Hi,

For this to happen, you should have "Desktop icons" activated.

After downloading from my browser directly to my '$HOME/Desktop/' folder
a file corrupted with an unknown encoding (or partially downloaded
therefore corrupted with a bad encoding, anyway), ALL the icons on my
ubuntu-desktop/Gnome3 Desktop environment disappeared.

To fix it, and after looking around what the heck was happening,
rebooted, deactivated Extensions, etc. Without any working Fix, I
deleted this bad encoding/corrupted file and ALL the icons on my ubuntu-
desktop/Gnome3 Desktop environment display normally again.

Thank you,
Regards,

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.539
Uname: Linux 6.9.2-tkg-eevdf x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri May 31 01:13:25 2024
InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-05-03 (27 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240424)
SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug gdm3 gnome3 noble third-party-packages ubuntu-desktop x11

** Tags added: gdm3 gnome3 ubuntu-desktop x11

** Description changed:

  Hi,
  
+ For this to happen, you should have in "Desktop icons" activated.
+ 
  After downloading from my browser directly to my '$HOME/Desktop/' folder
- a file corrupted with an unknowned encoding (or partially downloaded
+ a file corrupted with an unknown encoding (or partially downloaded
  therefore corrupted with a bad encoding, anyway), ALL the icons on my
  ubuntu-desktop/Gnome3 Desktop environment disappeared.
  
  To fix it, and after looking around what the heck was happening,
  rebooted, deactivated Extensions, etc. Without any working Fix, I
  deleted this bad encoding/corrupted file and ALL the icons on my ubuntu-
  desktop/Gnome3 Desktop environment display normally again.
  
  Thank you,
  Regards,
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
  Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.539
  Uname: Linux 6.9.2-tkg-eevdf x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri May 31 01:13:25 2024
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-05-03 (27 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240424)
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Description changed:

  Hi,
  
- For this to happen, you should have in "Desktop icons" activated.
+ For this to happen, you should have "Desktop icons" activated.
  
  After downloading from my browser directly to my '$HOME/Desktop/' folder
  a file corrupted with an unknown encoding (or partially downloaded
  therefore corrupted with a bad encoding, anyway), ALL the icons on my
  ubuntu-desktop/Gnome3 Desktop environment disappeared.
  
  To fix it, and after looking around what the heck was happening,
  rebooted, deactivated Extensions, etc. Without any working Fix, I
  deleted this bad encoding/corrupted file and ALL the icons on my ubuntu-
  desktop/Gnome3 Desktop environment display normally again.
  
  Thank you,
  Regards,
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
  Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.539
  Uname: Linux 6.9.2-tkg-eevdf x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri May 31 01:13:25 2024
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-05-03 (27 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240424)
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Title:
  All Desktop icon disappear if 'Desktop' Folder contains a corrupted
  encoding file

Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi,

  For this to happen, you should have "Desktop icons" activated.

  After downloading from my browser directly to my '$HOME/Desktop/'
  folder a file corrupted with an unknown encoding (or partially
  downloaded therefore corrupted with a bad encoding, anyway), ALL the
  icons on my ubuntu-desktop/Gnome3 Desktop environment disappeared.

  To fix it, and after looking around what the heck was happening,
  rebooted, deactivated Extensions, etc. Without any working Fix, I
  deleted this bad encoding/corrupted file and ALL the icons on my
  ubuntu-desktop/Gnome3 Desktop environment display normally again.

  Thank you,
  Regards,

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
  Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.539
  Uname: Linux 6.9.2-tkg-eevdf x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri May 31 01:13:25 2024
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-05-03 (27 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240424)
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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