SUMMARY I'm using localized (polish) version of Plasma. My desktop by default displays files located at '~/Pulpit' ('pulpit' is 'desktop' in polish). After hitting F5 Plasma created directory '~/Desktop' and started displaying its content (nothing at first). STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Install Kubuntu with polish locale 2. Place files on desktop 3. Refresh desktop OBSERVED RESULT Desktop icons are no longer visible EXPECTED RESULT Desktop icons are visible SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: KDE Frameworks Version: Qt Version: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
What is the output of xdg-user-dir DESKTOP
It's /home/<my_user>/Desktop
It turns out that '~/.config/user-dirs.dirs' was completely gone. The fallback '/etc/xdg/user-dirs.defaults' obviously is english-localized. I've run 'xdg-user-dirs-update', which recreated '~/.config/user-dirs.dirs' with proper locale EXCEPT for 'XDG_DESKTOP_DIR'. After manual adjustment desktop automatically reloaded and it's back to normal. F5 works correctly and causes no trouble.
The refreshing itself may not be the cause of 'user-dirs' removal. I've manually renamed it and Plasma didn't notice it until I've refreshed the desktop. Only then it switched to non-localized desktop directory. Should I close this issue or is there still a chance of finding the real root cause?
Requested info was already provided.
>Should I close this issue or is there still a chance of finding the real root cause? Not from this. If you can figure out what removed it, please open a new report. There's no plasmashell code that would.