My authentication box doesn't pop up sometimes. Did a full system check including a half hour memory test. Passed.
I use Alt+F2+r to refresh desktop and it fixes it.
9 year old Dell Optiplex 3010 w 8GBs. 3 yr old BIOS.
Rarely, my desktop icons would disappear. Had that on my old Lenovo also.
Cleaning the memory and slots with alcohol seemed to help.
Tried:
sudo apt-get install --reinstall nautilus
sudo apt install --reinstall policykit-1-gnome ca-certificates
It might be that Linux/Zorin is less tolerant of old memory.
Have you tried running Memtest86+ to see if RAM is failing?
Yes. I also ran the Dell 30 memory test.
Might yank out one stick and see what happens. 4GBs is plenty.
Finally did a reinstall. Took about a half hour total. So far, so good.
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Looks like a memory Leak. Try Consulting a Computer Hardware Expert for this Problem, only he can fix it permanetly and save a lot of your time
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16.2 seems to have fixed it, so far. That, or installing Tiling Assistant, for some odd reason.
Still have the occasional memory glitch. Stuff disappearing or getting stuck. This on 3 old Dell and Lenovo desktops. DDR3 memory tho. Passes memory tests. Seems to be a Linux thing. I see it on distro reviews.
Found this. One click and it refreshes desktop in 3 secs.
Shell Refresh Extension.
Fixes most things.
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Update:
The Shell Refresh extension works with Wayland. Odd because Alt+F2+R does not.
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15 February 2023 17:32
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