Hmm.. I installed gnome-shell and mutter and friends from jammy- proposed, and after that the desktop icons show up as expected both on Xorg and Wayland.
So it looks like this is just a temporary state which will not be present when gnome-shell and mutter have been upgraded from 41 to 42. Closing this bug report. Please feel free to request it to be re-opened if you find that the issue is still present with version 42 of gnome- shell and mutter in place. ** Changed in: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1963756 Title: Desktop Icons NG doesn't display icons on desktop on login until I turn it off and turn it back on Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: 1. Observe icons from Desktop Icons NG on desktop. 2. Log out. 3. Log back in. 4. Observe that desktop icons are gone. 5. Open Extensions app. 6. Observe that the Desktop Icons NG extension is enabled. 7. Turn it off and turn it back on. 8. Observe that the missing desktop icons now appear. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng 39-2ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-18.18-generic 5.15.12 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu78 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Mar 5 13:06:10 2022 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-01-02 (1158 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-02-20 (12 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng/+bug/1963756/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp