Corrupted Desktop Icons

[Leon]

"Jeffrey D. Yuille" <jeffy5 at optonline.net> writes:

> On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 22:52 +0100, Leon wrote:
>
>     "Jeffrey D. Yuille" <jeffy5 at optonline.net> writes:
>     
>     > On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 22:19 +0100, Leon wrote:
>     >
>     >     "Jeffrey D. Yuille" <jeffy5 at optonline.net> writes:
>     >     
>     >     > Hello,
>     >     >
>     >     >      I just booted to the desktop in FC5 and I see that all of my
>     >     > desktop icons have become corrupted (except for the home, computer,
>     >     > and trash icons).  When I click on one of them, there is a message
>     >     > that says "Cannot open (program).... The filename (program) indicates
>     >     > that this file is of type 'desktop document'.  The contents of the
>     >     > file indicate that the file is of type 'desktop configuration file. '
>     >     > If you open this file, the file might present a security risk to your
>     >     > system. "  How do I restore the desktop icons (shortcuts)?  I recall
>     >     > in the past that I had a similar problem where there was a hidden
>     >     > directory which had to be deleted and the computer rebooted in order
>     >     > to restore the desktop.  Any help would be appreciated.
>     >     
>     >     Try with a new user account.
>     >     
>     >     -- 
>     >     Leon
>     >
>     >      Do you mean that I should create a new account from the current one I have now or should I create a separate account?  I understand that
>     > there is a hidden file which would allow me to duplicate my desktop once I log out and log in again. 
>
>     Hi Jeffrey,
>     
>     Did you install or upgrade to fc5? If you upgrade from previous fc
>     release to fc5, very likely you will have problems with gnome. To be
>     honest there are a few minor bugs for gnome 2.14.
>     
>     My suggestion is you create a new user account to see if you have the
>     same issue. My FC5 works fine but I did a fresh install.
>     
>     Cheers,
>     -- 
>     Leon
>
>      Hello Leon,
>
>       I did a fresh install of FC5.  Gnome is working fine, except for the fact that the home directory is not left in the same place upon
> reboot.  I also saw that a bug was filed with Bugzilla.  I created another user account (not a duplicate of my own) and upon reboot, the desktop
> home directory was found below the other icons.

I have also filed the bug a long time ago. It has been fixed in
nautilus. Wait a couple of days for the update.

-- 
Leon