Tuxoid
May 7th, 2008, 09:00 AM
I have no clue why it happened, but my Desktop folder is now my Home folder. I didn't do anything that I think would directly cause this; it just changed. I literally logged-out, logged back in, and my entire home folder was on my desktop (instead of what should be there). Not only am I concerned about how to fix this, I'd like to know why something like this would happen. The last significant thing I remember doing was changing from kdm to gdm. After switching display managers, the giant text on gdm went back to normal size. Then all of my program shortcuts disappeared off my desktop. I restart in hopes of it going back to normal, and instead, my entire home folder becomes my desktop folder. There is a file in my home directory called "Desktop". It's not a folder, it's a text file containing this:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Directory
BgImage=
Icon=desktop
Name=Desktop
Name[af]=Werkskerm
Name[ar]=سطح المكتب
Name[az]=Masa Üstü
Name[be]=Працоўны стол
Name[bg]=Работен плот
Name[bn]=ডেস্কটপ
Name[br]=Gorretaol
Name[bs]=Radna površina
Name[ca]=Escriptori
Name[cs]=Pracovní plocha
Name[csb]=Pùlt
Name[cy]=Penbwrdd
Name[de]=Arbeitsfläche
Name[el]=Επιφάνεια εργασίας
Name[eo]=Tabulo
Name[es]=Escritorio
Name[et]=Töölaud
Name[eu]=Mahaigaina
Name[fa]=رومیزی
Name[fi]=Työpöytä
Name[fo]=Skriviborð
Name[fr]=Bureau
Name[fy]=Buroblêd
Name[ga]=Deasc
Name[gl]=Escritorio
Name[he]=שולחן עבודה
Name[hi]=डेस्कटॉप
Name[hr]=Radna površina
Name[hsb]=Dźěłowy powjerch
Name[hu]=Munkaasztal
Name[is]=Skjáborð
Name[ja]=デスクトップ
Name[kk]=Жұмыс үстелі
Name[km]=ផ្ទៃតុ
Name[ko]=데스크톱
Name[lo]=ພື້ນທີ່ເຮັດວງກ
Name[lt]=Darbastalis
Name[lv]=Darbvirsma
Name[mk]=Работна површина
Name[mn]=Ажлын тавцан
Name[ms]=Ruang Kerja
Name[nb]=Skrivebord
Name[nds]=Schriefdisch
Name[ne]=डेस्कटप
Name[nl]=Bureaublad
Name[nn]=Skrivebord
Name[oc]=BurèU
Name[pa]=ਵੇਹੜਾ
Name[pl]=Pulpit
Name[pt]=Ambiente de Trabalho
Name[pt_BR]=Área de Trabalho
Name[ru]=Рабочий стол
Name[rw]=Ibiro
Name[se]=Čállinbeavdi
Name[sk]=Plocha
Name[sl]=Namizje
Name[sr]=Радна површина
Name[sr@Latn]=Radna površina
Name[ss]=Desktop
Name[sv]=Skrivbord
Name[ta]=மேல்மேசை
Name[te]=రంగస్ఠలం
Name[tg]=Мизи корӣ
Name[th]=พื้นที่ทำงาน
Name[tr]=Masaüstü
Name[tt]=Östäl
Name[uk]=Стільниця
Name[uz]=Иш столи
Name[ven]=Desikithopo
Name[vi]=Màn hình nền
Name[wa]=Sicribanne
Name[zh_CN]=桌面
Name[zh_TW]=桌面
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=desktop_kdebase
It's not normal. No other user on the machine has this file. Ironically, the file's icon is the same icon used on a desktop folder (brown wavy screen with two documents).
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Directory
BgImage=
Icon=desktop
Name=Desktop
Name[af]=Werkskerm
Name[ar]=سطح المكتب
Name[az]=Masa Üstü
Name[be]=Працоўны стол
Name[bg]=Работен плот
Name[bn]=ডেস্কটপ
Name[br]=Gorretaol
Name[bs]=Radna površina
Name[ca]=Escriptori
Name[cs]=Pracovní plocha
Name[csb]=Pùlt
Name[cy]=Penbwrdd
Name[de]=Arbeitsfläche
Name[el]=Επιφάνεια εργασίας
Name[eo]=Tabulo
Name[es]=Escritorio
Name[et]=Töölaud
Name[eu]=Mahaigaina
Name[fa]=رومیزی
Name[fi]=Työpöytä
Name[fo]=Skriviborð
Name[fr]=Bureau
Name[fy]=Buroblêd
Name[ga]=Deasc
Name[gl]=Escritorio
Name[he]=שולחן עבודה
Name[hi]=डेस्कटॉप
Name[hr]=Radna površina
Name[hsb]=Dźěłowy powjerch
Name[hu]=Munkaasztal
Name[is]=Skjáborð
Name[ja]=デスクトップ
Name[kk]=Жұмыс үстелі
Name[km]=ផ្ទៃតុ
Name[ko]=데스크톱
Name[lo]=ພື້ນທີ່ເຮັດວງກ
Name[lt]=Darbastalis
Name[lv]=Darbvirsma
Name[mk]=Работна површина
Name[mn]=Ажлын тавцан
Name[ms]=Ruang Kerja
Name[nb]=Skrivebord
Name[nds]=Schriefdisch
Name[ne]=डेस्कटप
Name[nl]=Bureaublad
Name[nn]=Skrivebord
Name[oc]=BurèU
Name[pa]=ਵੇਹੜਾ
Name[pl]=Pulpit
Name[pt]=Ambiente de Trabalho
Name[pt_BR]=Área de Trabalho
Name[ru]=Рабочий стол
Name[rw]=Ibiro
Name[se]=Čállinbeavdi
Name[sk]=Plocha
Name[sl]=Namizje
Name[sr]=Радна површина
Name[sr@Latn]=Radna površina
Name[ss]=Desktop
Name[sv]=Skrivbord
Name[ta]=மேல்மேசை
Name[te]=రంగస్ఠలం
Name[tg]=Мизи корӣ
Name[th]=พื้นที่ทำงาน
Name[tr]=Masaüstü
Name[tt]=Östäl
Name[uk]=Стільниця
Name[uz]=Иш столи
Name[ven]=Desikithopo
Name[vi]=Màn hình nền
Name[wa]=Sicribanne
Name[zh_CN]=桌面
Name[zh_TW]=桌面
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=desktop_kdebase
It's not normal. No other user on the machine has this file. Ironically, the file's icon is the same icon used on a desktop folder (brown wavy screen with two documents).