Re: lost my desktop
On Sunday 07 December 2008 08:35 am, Frank McCormick wrote:
> Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:
> > Frank McCormick wrote:
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> >> Kelly Clowers wrote:
> >>> On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 17:22, Frank McCormick <debian@videotron.ca>
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> >>>> Frank McCormick wrote:
> >>>>> Well not all of it -- my regular icons have been replaced by generic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.
> >>>>>
> > Does it happen to all users on your system? If not, move .gnome, .gconf
> > etc, out of the way and see if it helps
>
> Yes all users are affected....I've already tried moving several
> directories and seemingly-related files out of the way but no luck. This
> is really annoying.
OK. How about restarting X? (Ctrl-Alt-Backspace) I don't use Gnome, but I
have had a similar problem with KDE once (and that is once in a long, long
time), and restarting X fixed it. Also, check swap space.
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