This happens to me a lot when adding removable media and/or w/ scripts|programs creating files in ~/Desktop. Here's a snip of a screen shot:
** Attachment added: "gnome-icon-trouble.jpg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14612090/gnome-icon-trouble.jpg -- Desktop icons are allowed to overlap horribly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/40872 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs