LP#2154078 "after upgrading all desktop icons are gone and no desktop menue"

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Reported first on Launchpad at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xubuntu-meta/+bug/2154078

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LP#0: Thomas Schweikle (tps) wrote on 2026-05-23:

After upgrading all desktop icons are gone.
Content of folder "${HOME}/Desktop" is not displayed any more.
No right- or middle-click on desktop menus, while settings are set to enable them.
Switching desktops by mouse wheel does nothing, regardless of desktops configured and shown.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 26.04
Package: xubuntu-desktop 2.272
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 7.0.0-15.15-generic 7.0.0
Uname: Linux 7.0.0-15-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs
ApportVersion: 2.34.0-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sat May 23 18:49:03 2026
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-05-31 (1818 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Release amd64 (20210420)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm-256color
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=
SourcePackage: xubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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LP#1: Thomas Schweikle (tps) wrote on 2026-05-23:

Attachments:

• Dependencies.txt
• ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt

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LP#2: Thomas Schweikle (tps) wrote on 2026-05-23:

What has been tried to solve the problem:

• logoff, then on again
• replace desktop
• restart xfce4-panel
• restart xfce4-desktop
• reinstall xubuntu-desktop including suggestions by apt

no effect. Desktop stays empty, without any icon shown, middle- and right-clicks on desktop do nothing: no window list, no menu.