Re: how to prevent the creation of hardware icons on desktop on boot

[Welly Hartanto <ms.linuz@gmail.com>]

Jabka Atu wrote:
> Mathias Brodala wrote:
> > Hello Jerome.
> >
> >  
> > > > > each time i boot my user some icons are created on my desktop :
> > > > > icons for mounting harddisks.
> > > > >
> > > > > i tried  deleting the files but each boot they are recreated.
> > > > >         
> > > > You can change the settings in the KDE control center. Go to
> > > >
> > > > […]
> > > >       
> > > Is there something similar for Gnome ?
> > >     
> >
> > There is. Open „gconf-editor“ and modify the checkboxes under the 
> > following path:
> >
> >   /apps/nautilus/desktop
> >
> > There should be some *_icon_visible boxes. Uncheck them and maybe 
> > after a logout but at
> > least after a reboot they’re gone.
> >
> >
> > Regards, Mathias
> >
> >   
> i tried removing using kde but i didn't helped ..  :'-(
> the strange  issue that  it  happen  only to one user.
The quick way is renaming the kde directory setting under user's home
directory then login with that user account