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[Bug 1309277] [NEW] unable to add desktop icons to unity desktop 14.04

 

Public bug reported:

When I try to add an icon to my unity desktop in Ubuntu 14.04  it says

 Error while copying

There was an error getting information about "/"

Show more details

The specified location is not supported

This happened to me in 13.10 too.

Description:	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Release:	14.04

unity:
  Installed: 7.2.0+14.04.20140416-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 7.2.0+14.04.20140416-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 7.2.0+14.04.20140416-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: unity 7.2.0+14.04.20140416-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Apr 17 19:48:45 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-18 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: unity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty

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Title:
  unable to add desktop icons to unity desktop 14.04

Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When I try to add an icon to my unity desktop in Ubuntu 14.04  it says

   Error while copying

  There was an error getting information about "/"

  Show more details

  The specified location is not supported

  This happened to me in 13.10 too.

  Description:	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  Release:	14.04

  unity:
    Installed: 7.2.0+14.04.20140416-0ubuntu1
    Candidate: 7.2.0+14.04.20140416-0ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 7.2.0+14.04.20140416-0ubuntu1 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: unity 7.2.0+14.04.20140416-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Apr 17 19:48:45 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-18 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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