Re: lost my desktop
On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 17:22, Frank McCormick <debian@videotron.ca> wrote:
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> Frank McCormick wrote:
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>> Well not all of it -- my regular icons have been replaced by generic
>> looking white ones....and when I click on 'em (I WAS configured to
>> single-click) the desktop files open in a text editor.
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>> I did remove an icon theme ( Nimbus I believe it was called earlier
>> today) and installed something called Moonlight (supposed to be a
>> Linux/Unix equiv to Silverlight) but as far as I know
>> didn't do or change anything else.
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>> Alt-F2 still works, and the panel looks OK so it seems its just the
>> desktop affected.
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> It seems I can't create any new icons on the desktop either...
Have you logged out and back in? Have you tried changing
your theme?
The desktop in Gnome is managed by Nautilus, the File
Manager, so there might be a problem there...
Cheers,
Kelly Clowers
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