Desktop AWOL

Jonathan Allen jonathan at barumtrading.co.uk
Wed Oct 1 16:47:09 UTC 2008


Nigel,

> > I run FC2 on one of the machines inside our firewall - I just like the
> > look and feel of it :-)  Just ten minutes ago, the desktop icons and
> > facilities disappeared mid-session.  The icons and files on the desktop
> > vanished, right-click on the desktop doesn't bring up a menu and I'm
> > stumped.  How do I get it back?  The ~/Desktop directory is still there
> > with its contents, but isn't being displayed.

> As a fellow FC2 user, are you using Gnome, or KDE.

Gnome and metacity as far as I can tell.

> I don't use Gnome, but I found something on Google, where someone had messed 
> with Nautilus, which apparently is responsible for drawing icons, background, 
> and the right click to get the menu. Perhaps Nautilus crashed, and is why you 
> lost all the icons, etc.
>
> Have you tried logging out, and backin.

Many times, over several days.  Even a reboot.

> Perhaps try creating a new user, and see if you get the default icons for the 
> new user.

No, other users seem OK.

> btw. We need to start an FC2 users club. A bit like the Morris Minor club, but 
> for ancient distros that still work well.

Absolutely.  I know each FC[1-*] and F[7-9] will each have their adherents, but
I'm just comfortable with the look and feel.

Jonathan




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