[SOLVED] LMDE MATE UP6 RC - Home files appear on desktop

[Luke Seubert]

I recently installed LMDE UP6 MATE, 32bit edition onto a laptop with separate root and home partitions. I used the same user name in the new system as the old system had. (The previous system was Snow Linux, a distro based on Debian Testing.)

I configured the LMDE installer to reformat the root partition while mounting the untouched /home partition.

Upon booting into the new system with the LMDE Mate desktop, I notice that all the files and folders in my home partition now show up on the desktop as icons, a behavior I do not care for.

I searched through various preferences settings to find a way to change this, as well as searching these forums. without success.

How do I reconfigure Mate so that the files and folders in my home directory do not show up as icons on my desktop?

Thank you.

[catweazel]

Reports for testing release candidates go here: https://github.com/linuxmint/community. ... com/issues

[zerozero]

create a new username, can you replicate the issue?

[seppalta]

To edit directories in your home directory and to re-establish the correct Desktop, edit ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs.
http://lxlinux.com/#20

[Luke Seubert]

seppalta, I edited the .config/user-dirs.dirs file as you suggested, saved the file, and then ran xdg-user-dirs-update.

After trying various combinations, including changing the Desktop location and eliminating that line from the config file entirely, I kept getting the same result. The files in my /home/user directory show up on my graphical Desktop.

I then got some clue, and created a proper 'Desktop' folder in my home directory, edited user-dirs.dirs to use that, saved the file, logged out, and logged back in.

Everything now works as it should. Thank you for the tip.