| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0004983 | Kali Linux | General Bug | public | 2018-09-12 07:12 | 2019-10-11 14:05 |
| Reporter | rojdoj | Assigned To | sbrun | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | have not tried |
| Status | resolved | Resolution | fixed | ||
| Product Version | 2018.3 | ||||
| Summary | 0004983: Desktop Icons Missing After Latest Upgrade | ||||
| Description | I did a fresh install of Kali 2018.3 and then proceeded to update it with apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade and noticed after rebooting, my desktop icons were gone and I was unable to left-click and drag my mouse on the background to create a selection box. This happened with both the VMware image, as well as the .ISO install. I noticed that it only happened after the upgrade. Starting a fresh 2018.3 installation without updating will have the icons and the ability to create a selection box by dragging the mouse pointer. Side note: Gnome Tweak Tools also doesn't have a "Desktop" tab, which it should. I attached a screenshot for easier visualization. | ||||
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I'm experiencing the SAME issue. I appreciate your time, thanks. |
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mouse right click，menu missing server items. |
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I uploaded 3 screenshots. Kali dual-boot (root), Kali 'Live' usb (root), Kali 'Live' usb (user). Thanks. |
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Any updates on this? |
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I confirmed the issue, it's not a Kali issue. Unfortunately the feature has been removed from nautilus. https://csorianognome.wordpress.com/2017/12/21/nautilus-desktop-plans/ Gnome people are working on an extension to replace it but it looks like they have not made a release yet and it's not packaged in Debian/Kali But you can install it manually, it's available here: |
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Thanks sbrun! I can confirm that fixed it for me. Just make sure you guys rename the UUID in the metadata.json file to the name of the folder that you place in the /.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions directory. |
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...installed IT manually BUT found IT to be extremely limited. It's NOT 'tweakable'. BUT it will work for now. I appreciate the feedback and time. Thanks. |
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I experience thesame issue too. icons/folders doesn't show on Desktop, but it shows in desktop folder. |
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the desktop-icon size from gnome is really big, how do i reduce the icons? |
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The extension "desktop-icons" is stable now. https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1465/desktop-icons/ Could you package it ? |
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I am able to create new files and folders on the Desktop, but unable to see them. I can see the content of the Desktop by doing the following:
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Have you activate de extension in the extensions manager ? |
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...wanted to 'touch base' ... "desktop-icons" seemed to be updated in latest update/upgrade/dist-upgrade, BUT still DO NOT appear. *(TESTED on Kali dual-boot (root), Kali 'Live' usb (root), Kali 'Live' usb (user)). Thank you, for your time and effort. |
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I experience same issue. GNOME makes me sick! |
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the package gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons is now available in kali |
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The 'Desktop icons' extension has returned following ADDED "gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons" package. (apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade) *Screenshot attached (Kali dual-boot (root)) Thank you. |
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Screenshot from 2018-11-09 21-07-41_Kali 'Live' usb (root).png |
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package gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons is available in kali |
