this is fixed in edgy. There was an xfdesktop crash if there was a symlink in ~/Desktop I suppose that's what you had as well.
** Changed in: xfdesktop4 (Ubuntu)
Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Released
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xfdesktop crashes on first startup after install, if ~/Desktop folder is not
empty.
https://launchpad.net/bugs/57006
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