Hello On 9/26/09, S. Fishpaste <SDA@deer-in-the-headlights.ca.invalid> wrote: > But when I start up or switch to XFce4, I'm left without a "desktop", just > the application dock on a coloured background, which I can't seem to change. > First, which version of Xfce are you using? If it's recent (4.6), look for "Desktop settings" and find the "Icons" tab. If it's 4.4 (older), it had a strange name, similar to "desktop behaviour". Liviu