Re: ~/Desktop file not showing up as icon on desktop

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Hello Frank,


On Wed, 5 Feb 2020 10:19:05 +0100 Frank Elsner <frank.elsner@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, 5 Feb 2020 17:02:16 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote:
> > On 2020-02-05 16:53, Frank Elsner wrote:  
> > > Yes. But
> > >
> > > [frank@siffux Desktop]$ ls -la
> > > total 9440
> > > drwxr-xr-x.  2 frank elsner   20480 Feb  5 09:50 .
> > > drwx------. 61 frank elsner    4096 Feb  5 09:27 ..
> > > -rwxr-xr-x   1 frank elsner     161 Feb  5 09:49 terminal.desktop
> > > -rw-r--r--   1 frank elsner 9613176 Dec 30 12:51 Umweltsau.flac
> > >
> > > the terminal is shown, the other file not.  
> > 
> > Odd....
> > 
> > If I create a 0 length file with that name it does show on the desktop.  The interesting thing
> > about your ls output is the lack of a "." in the permissions.  The lack of a "." seems to indicate
> > a lack of an selinux context.  Does this look similar to your system?  
> 
> Selinux is off on this system.
> 
> > [egreshko@f31m Desktop]$ ls -laZ
> > total 12
> > drwxr-xr-x.  2 egreshko egreshko unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0     4096 Feb  5 16:56 .
> > drwx------. 17 egreshko egreshko unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_dir_t:s0 4096 Feb  5 16:56 ..
> > -rwxrwxr-x.  1 egreshko egreshko unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0      172 Feb  5 16:54 FiReFoX.desktop
> > -rw-r--r--.  1 egreshko egreshko unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0        0 Feb  5 16:56 Umweltsau.flac  
> 
> [frank@siffux Desktop]$ ls -laZ
> total 9440
> drwxr-xr-x.  2 frank elsner unconfined_u:object_r:home_root_t:s0   20480 Feb  5 10:12 .
> drwx------. 61 frank elsner unconfined_u:object_r:home_root_t:s0    4096 Feb  5 10:12 ..
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 frank elsner ?                                        193 Feb  5 10:11 Terminal.desktop
> -rw-r--r--   1 frank elsner ?                                    9613176 Dec 30 12:51 Umweltsau.flac
> 
> I guess we can close this case. The problem disappeared after logout/login. 
> All files in ~/Desktop shown.

Maybe pressing F5 would have helped (focus being set to the desktop first).
Another reason why a .desktop could not show is if the command it
refers to is not accessible (see the exec= and tryexec= lines).


Regards,

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