xfdesktop-4.20 multiple bugs, text missing under icons..

sdauth · l33t Joined: 19 Sep 2018 Posts: 682 Location: Ásgarðr

Hello,
Just updated to latest stable xfce (4.20) and now only icons are showing up on my desktop. The text is missing so I can't identify which volume I'm dealing with.
https://img101.pixhost.to/images/667/559043560_xfce20.jpg

I'm not sure which xfce package is at fault too.

Please help, thanks.

sdauth · l33t Joined: 19 Sep 2018 Posts: 682 Location: Ásgarðr

Looks like it is xfdesktop related.
Someone reported the bug already: https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/issues/381

sdauth · l33t Joined: 19 Sep 2018 Posts: 682 Location: Ásgarðr

In xfdesktop-settings -> desktop icons -> appearance -> font size
I unchecked then checked the font size option and set the font size to 10 then 12 again.
It worked but did not survive a logout / login.
Otherwise, if font size box (in xfdesktop-settings) is unchecked then no issue, text under icons is showing up, including after logout / login.
Not perfect but at least I can identify my volumes until it is fixed.

sdauth · l33t Joined: 19 Sep 2018 Posts: 682 Location: Ásgarðr

Also noticed that filesystem inside img file (mounted with loop) doesn't appear on desktop either. Not even the icon.
Previously (with xfdesktop 4.18 )
Here I have a simple exfat filesystem in "data.img"

sdauth · l33t Joined: 19 Sep 2018 Posts: 682 Location: Ásgarðr

Another day, another bug... still xfdesktop.

Now the "mounted" icon isn't removed from the desktop when some external volume is unmounted.
It happens with external hdd, usb key but not everytime so not sure how to report that..
Only way to clean the mess is to logout / login.

sdauth · l33t Joined: 19 Sep 2018 Posts: 682 Location: Ásgarðr

Fixed!

for the missng text under desktop icon: https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/commit/81bea4a037c2ed1c6b29d90c376d73020cc086ca
for the the missing loop device desktop icon: https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/commit/661250f48e384776f6d1c1d93b205625fa7b27f3

Now waiting for the next xfdesktop...
Or maybe I can apply that as small patch to current release since it is quite small changes. (edit: second patch doesn't apply to 4.20.0 so I'll wait for a new release of xfdesktop)

sdauth · l33t Joined: 19 Sep 2018 Posts: 682 Location: Ásgarðr

netfab · Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2025 9:42 am Post subject:

Hi,

I tried with an usb key, gvfs-1.52.3 and the following entry :

sdauth · l33t Joined: 19 Sep 2018 Posts: 682 Location: Ásgarðr

Thanks for testing netfab!
Well, I'm not sure what else could I try then, I already tried with a fresh xfce config with a brand new user to make sure there wasn't a conflict somewhere.

edit:
So it seems it only happens with crypto volume.
I tried with a simple usb key and an usb external hdd with a simple ext4 partition (also tried with btrfs subvolume for good measure) on each and it works fine. (just as with your example with a vfat partiton)
But if the device is encrypted then the issue shows up when the device is unlocked and partition mounted.
In that case, two icons shows up on the desktop.
And when the volume is unmounted, one "mounted" icon remains on the desktop.
This happens only when gvfs-1.52.3 is used, otherwise no problem gvfs-1.56.1.

edit2:
Nothing to do with crypto or "x-gvfs-show,x-gvfs-name"; it happens with btrfs volumes with "subvol=" used in fstab.
If I omit the "subvol="; then no duplicate icon is created (in that case, ID 5 (FS_TREE) is of course used though)
Strangely, with gvfs-1.56.1, the usage of "subvol=" in fstab entry doesn't cause this issue.