Desktop Icons and "Desktop Icon NG (DING)" extensions not working anymore

steo82rm · 1 December 2022 02:27

Hello Manjaro Community!
Has been over 2 months now that after a main upgrade to the new GNOME 43.0-1 version all the icons on the desktop disappeared and did not come back.
I have tried different things and also looked up different posts (now closed)… Cannot find a solution.
I tried:

re-updating “gnome-shell”
force the cloning of the project “desktop-icons@csoriano” and rebuild everything related to this project but the problem has not been solved even after a few reboots.
re-installing alternative Desktop icons extension like “Desktop Icons NG (DING)”… nothing (in past was working)
(below are more useful insight about errors-stack-trace of the exstension apps)

Everything was looking great and working fine upon the installation.
Any help please?

Here some information about the system and the build:
the OS is up-to-date. Linux 5.15.78-1-MANJARO x86_64

$ pacman -Qi gdm nautilus xdg-desktop-portal-gtk

Name            : gdm
Version         : 43.0-1
[...]
Name            : nautilus
Version         : 43.0-1
[...]
Name            : xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
Version         : 1.14.0-1

$ cat /etc/*-release

Manjaro Linux
DISTRIB_ID=ManjaroLinux
DISTRIB_RELEASE=22.0.0
DISTRIB_CODENAME=Sikaris
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Manjaro Linux"
Manjaro Linux
NAME="Manjaro Linux"
PRETTY_NAME="Manjaro Linux"
ID=manjaro
ID_LIKE=arch
BUILD_ID=rolling
ANSI_COLOR="32;1;24;144;200"
HOME_URL="https://manjaro.org/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://wiki.manjaro.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://forum.manjaro.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://docs.manjaro.org/reporting-bugs/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://manjaro.org/privacy-policy/"
LOGO=manjarolinux

$ ls ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/desktop-icons@csoriano

createFolderDialog.js
createThumbnail.js
dbusUtils.js
desktopGrid.js
desktopIconsUtil.js
desktopManager.js
extension.js
fileItem.js
locale
metadata.json
prefs.js
schemas
stylesheet.css
templateManager.js

Here from the Mjr Extension app other following errors related to the single apps:

for the Desktop-Icons(@csoriano) - error message/Stack trace:

The settings of extension desktop-icons@csoriano had an error:

Error: No property border_width on GtkBox

Stack trace:
_init/Gtk.Widget.prototype._init@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/core/overrides/Gtk.js:55:50
buildPrefsWidget@/home/user/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/desktop-icons@csoriano/prefs.js:101:17
_init@resource:///org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/js/extensionPrefsDialog.js:32:44
ExtensionPrefsDialog@resource:///org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/js/extensionPrefsDialog.js:10:4
OpenExtensionPrefsAsync@resource:///org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/js/extensionsService.js:124:33
async*_handleMethodCall@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/core/overrides/Gio.js:368:35
_wrapJSObject/<@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/core/overrides/Gio.js:401:34
run@resource:///org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/js/dbusService.js:186:20
main@resource:///org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/js/main.js:22:13
run@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/script/package.js:206:19
start@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/script/package.js:190:8
@/usr/share/gnome-shell/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions:1:17

for the Desktop Icons NG (DING) - error message/Stack trace:

The settings of extension ding@rastersoft.com had an error:

Error: GSettings key use-nemo not found in schema org.gnome.shell.extensions.ding

Stack trace:

_checkKey@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/core/overrides/Gio.js:733:23
createCheckedMethod/<@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/core/overrides/Gio.js:685:30
buildSwitcher@/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ding@rastersoft.com/prefswindow.js:117:54
preferencesFrame@/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ding@rastersoft.com/prefswindow.js:61:15
buildPrefsWidget@/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ding@rastersoft.com/prefs.js:54:29
_init@resource:///org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/js/extensionPrefsDialog.js:32:44
ExtensionPrefsDialog@resource:///org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/js/extensionPrefsDialog.js:10:4
OpenExtensionPrefsAsync@resource:///org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/js/extensionsService.js:124:33
async*_handleMethodCall@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/core/overrides/Gio.js:368:35
_wrapJSObject/<@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/core/overrides/Gio.js:401:34
run@resource:///org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/js/dbusService.js:186:20
main@resource:///org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/js/main.js:22:13
run@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/script/package.js:206:19
start@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/script/package.js:190:8
@/usr/share/gnome-shell/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions:1:17

Also, related to the last one, if I open dconf and I surf to the related key I can actually see the option/key use-nemo disabled (even trying re-enabling it, nothing changed).

Content of the folder “/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ding@rastersoft.com”:

$ ls /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ding@rastersoft.com

drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4.0K Oct  5 18:20 .
drwxr-xr-x 29 root root 4.0K Oct 30 14:37 ..
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4.0K Aug 19 23:39 schemas
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 4.4K Sep 29 15:20 askRenamePopup.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  30K Sep 29 15:20 autoAr.js
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 2.1K Sep 29 15:20 createThumbnail.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 7.8K Sep 29 15:20 dbusInterfaces.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  33K Sep 29 15:20 dbusUtils.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  24K Sep 29 15:20 desktopGrid.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  30K Sep 29 15:20 desktopIconItem.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 9.3K Sep 29 15:20 desktopIconsUtil.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  87K Sep 29 15:20 desktopManager.js
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 7.1K Sep 29 15:20 ding.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  13K Sep 29 15:20 emulateX11WindowType.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 2.8K Sep 29 15:20 enums.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  21K Sep 29 15:20 extension.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  29K Sep 29 15:20 fileItem.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  19K Sep 29 15:20 fileItemMenu.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 3.1K Sep 29 15:20 fileUtils.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 4.9K Sep 29 15:20 gnomeShellOverride.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  354 Sep 29 15:20 metadata.json
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 3.9K Sep 29 15:20 preferences.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 2.1K Sep 29 15:20 prefs.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 7.3K Sep 29 15:20 prefswindow.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 2.9K Sep 29 15:20 promiseUtils.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 2.4K Sep 29 15:20 showErrorPopup.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 3.6K Sep 29 15:20 stackItem.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  506 Sep 29 15:20 stylesheet.css
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 7.8K Sep 29 15:20 templatesScriptsManager.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 6.9K Sep 29 15:20 thumbnails.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 6.3K Sep 29 15:20 visibleArea.js

Let me know if any other info or test may be useful to help me finding a solution.
Thank you all so much for your help.

Yochanan · 1 December 2022 15:57

There is no abbreviation for Manjaro. Please don’t invent one.

How are you installing these exensions? The Desktop Icons NG (DING) extension in the community repo works fine. You should have gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng 47-1. I don’t think the original Desktop Icons extension works with GNOME 43.

GaVenga · 2 December 2022 14:56

I have installed:
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/2087/desktop-icons-ng-ding/
and its working (Version 50)

steo82rm · 3 December 2022 00:01

Hello Yochanan, oh no nothing to invent here. I have edited the post in the hope this is going to make you feel more comfortable.

so yes, these are the related packages installed (with the related version release).

extra/gnome-shell 1:43.1-2 (gnome) [installed]
extra/gnome-shell-extensions 43.1-1 (gnome) [installed]
community/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng 47-1 [installed]

Thank you for your support.

steo82rm · 3 December 2022 00:08

Thank you GaVenga, I am going to select your answer as the solution for this post.

I am not really sure what it make it work this time; because I have tried to re-enable that package/project multiple time in past and I was still getting the same error.

Today I was giving it another try like so:

I have cleaned up all the previous traces of that project on my system.
then I have installed it again (following the information on the relative gitlab page ) and after 2 consecutive reboots (enabling and disabling it through the gnome-extensions-app) it actually worked out just fine.

Thank you both for your support.

system · 5 December 2022 14:09

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