Bug#507074: nautilus: No desktop for new or existing users

[Todd A. Jacobs]

Package: nautilus
Version: 2.20.0-7
Severity: important


Nautilus will run, but will not display the desktop or desktop icons.
This is true whether the user is an existing user with prior nautilus
configuration, or a brand new user created to test nautilus.

The lack of a desktop makes gnome largely unusable to the target
audience.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (810, 'unstable'), (600, 'stable'), (550, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages nautilus depends on:
ii  desktop-file-utils         0.15-1        Utilities for .desktop files
ii  gnome-control-center       1:2.22.2.1-2  utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  libart-2.0-2               2.3.20-2      Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0                1.22.0-1      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0               2.22.0-1      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libc6                      2.7-16        GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                  1.6.4-6.1     The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libeel2-2.20               2.20.0-7      Eazel Extensions Library (for GNOM
ii  libesd0                    0.2.36-3      Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libexempi3                 2.0.1-1       library to parse XMP metadata (Lib
ii  libexif12                  0.6.16-2.1    library to parse EXIF files
ii  libgail-common             1.22.3-1      GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgail18                  1.22.3-1      GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgconf2-4                2.22.0-1      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0                1:2.6.2-1     library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.16.6-1      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2         2.22.3-2      Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome2-0                2.20.1.1-1    The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0          2.20.1.1-1    A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0               2.20.1.1-2    The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0             1:2.22.0-5    GNOME Virtual File System (runtime
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.12.11-4     The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnautilus-extension1     2.22.5.1-1    libraries for nautilus components 
ii  liborbit2                  1:2.14.13-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.20.5-3      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  librsvg2-2                 2.22.2-2      SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libselinux1                2.0.65-5      SELinux shared libraries
ii  libstartup-notification0   0.9-1         library for program launch feedbac
ii  libtrackerclient0          0.6.6-2       metadata database, indexer and sea
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.1.5-2     X11 client-side library
ii  libxml2                    2.6.32.dfsg-4 GNOME XML library
ii  nautilus-data              2.20.0-7      data files for nautilus
ii  shared-mime-info           0.30-2        FreeDesktop.org shared MIME databa

Versions of packages nautilus recommends:
ii  app-install-data            2008.07.28   Application Installer Data Files
ii  desktop-base                5.0.1        common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  eject                       2.1.5+deb1-4 ejects CDs and operates CD-Changer
ii  libgnomevfs2-extra          1:2.22.0-5   GNOME Virtual File System (extra m
ii  librsvg2-common             2.22.2-2     SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  nautilus-cd-burner          2.20.0-1     CD Burning front-end for Nautilus
ii  synaptic                    0.62.1       Graphical package manager

Versions of packages nautilus suggests:
ii  acroread [pdf-viewer]   8.1.3-0.0        Adobe Acrobat Reader: Portable Doc
ii  eog                     2.22.3-2         Eye of GNOME graphics viewer progr
ii  evince [pdf-viewer]     2.22.2-4~lenny1  Document (postscript, pdf) viewer
pn  fam                     <none>           (no description available)
ii  gv [pdf-viewer]         1:3.6.5-2        PostScript and PDF viewer for X
ii  kghostview [pdf-viewer] 4:3.5.9-3        PostScript viewer for KDE
ii  kpdf [pdf-viewer]       4:3.5.9-3        PDF viewer for KDE
ii  mpg123 [mp3-decoder]    1.4.3-4          MPEG layer 1/2/3 audio player
ii  totem                   2.22.2-5         A simple media player for the GNOM
pn  tracker                 <none>           (no description available)
ii  vlc [mp3-decoder]       0.8.6.h-4+lenny2 multimedia player and streamer
ii  vlc-nox [mp3-decoder]   0.8.6.h-4+lenny2 multimedia player and streamer (wi
ii  xpdf-reader [pdf-viewer 3.02-1.4         Portable Document Format (PDF) sui

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