Desktop settings not recognized after upgrade from FC2 to FC6

[Harry Giles]

Mike Burger wrote:
>> On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 14:48 -0500, Mike Burger wrote:
>>     
>>> I just upgraded from FC2 to FC6, and when I logged in, I got errors
>>> indicating that it couldn't recognize my Desktop directory, or the
>>> contents therein.
>>>
>>> Any apps I had starting out of my startup folder, any icons that I had
>>> on
>>> my desktop, and a number of links in my toolbar, don't appear on my
>>> desktop, now.
>>>
>>> Here is an ls -l showing my Desktop directory:
>>>
>>> drwx------  3 myid    myid        4096 Feb 13 11:55 Desktop
>>>
>>> The contents seem to be ok, i.e., the old things exist, but they don't
>>> show up.
>>>
>>> Has anyone else seen this, and what did you do to get around it?
>>>
>>>       
>> On mine the permissiions are drwxr-xr-x which are different from yours.
>> The lack of read and execute may be preventing the system from getting
>> to the setup files.
>>     
>
> That sounded plausible, so I changed the permissions...no go.
>
> Tried renaming the Desktop directory, so that the system would create a
> new one when I logged back in, still no go.
>
> I suppose my next stop will be renaming the .kde directory.
>
> Anyone have any other ideas?  This should not have been a problem.
>
>   
Try this.  Copy your home directory to a different location.  Delete 
your user that you are having problems with.  Then create a new user 
with the same parameters.  Then copy the contents to your new home 
directory.

Worked for me once.

Harry G