Re: Desktop icons missing
Dear Frank:
Thank you very much for working with me. I was able to run "nautilus
-n", logoug and log back in. I was also able to run gconf-editor and
find "apps/nautilus/preferences", but in there there are five settings
and none is "show desktop". Although I can see things that relate to
the desktop such as "desktop_font", there is no "show desktop".
I did create the key "show_desktop" and set it. But upon logging out
and back in, there is still no desktop.
Perhaps there is one more step?
Charles
On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 11:49 AM, Frank McCormick
<debianlist@videotron.ca> wrote:
> On 03/03/12 01:48 PM, Charles Krinke wrote:
>>
>> Dear Frank:
>>
>> Maybe my issue is I dont quite get what you are saying. There is no
>> gconf-editor program. I can see a gconftool program, but dont know how
>> to enable the Desktop programs to be displayed or even if this is the
>> right tool.
>
>
>>>
>>>
>>> Didn't we just deal with this ? If you're running gnome-classic, the
>>> desktop icons are handled by nautilus. Gnome 3 doesn't
>>> have desktop icons
>>>
>
> If you are running Gnome-classic, AND there are desktop files in
> ~/Desktop, go into a terminal and run "nautilus -n". You then should have
> desktop icons. Log out, and log back in. They should be there still. If it
> doesn't work, in a terminal window again run "gconf-editor". look in the
> /apps/nautilus/preferences key. Make sure "show_desktop" is checked.
> exit gconf-editor. You should have icons on the desktop.
>
> If you don't have the gconf-editor in a root terminal run "aptitude install
> gconf-editor"
>
>
>
>
> That's what works here in gnome-classic.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Cheers
> Frank
>
--
Charles Krinke
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