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Bug 601158 - Desktop icons that are symlinks cannot be user-aligned
Desktop icons that are symlinks cannot be user-aligned
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 603908
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Desktop
2.28.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-11-08 15:19 UTC by martin lindermann
Modified: 2011-04-04 01:35 UTC
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Description martin lindermann 2009-11-08 15:19:33 UTC 
On my desktop symlinks to folders or files recently stopped to stay aligned on positions that I want them to be. After a re-login or even F5 keypress they get aligned in a more or less random-reverse-alphabet way. This is very annoying as it's impossible to keep the desktop organized. Please fix this asap.
Comment 1 kev 2009-11-19 15:07:40 UTC 
I can confirm this bug on my system after a clean install of Ubuntu 9.10 amd64 (Gnome v 2.28.1). Worked fine in Ubuntu 9.04. Mounted drive icons and directories created in ~/Desktop stay where they're put, its just symlinks that don't work.

This bug has also been reported here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/476400

Many thanks.
Comment 2 Cosimo Cecchi 2011-04-04 01:35:04 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 603908 ***