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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