On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:32:36 -0400 "S.D.A." <marathon.duran...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 10:40:45PM +0100, Liviu Andronic uttered: > > Hello > > > > On 9/26/09, S. Fishpaste <s...@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 > > Sorry had a brain fart, should have posted the relevant info earlier. > > Xfce 4 Desktop Environment > version 4.6.1 (Xfce 4.6) > Debian Unstable > > I don't understand why you want me to look for icons though. :) > > I have a desktop folder already and I can navigate to it via Thunar. > So it seems to me that it's an issue of XFce starting up in the wrong > directory. I'm not running Nautilas (It was installed previously and > Xfce displayed the desktop IF I ran Nautilas). Nautilas was too > "heavy" so I removed it. I would like the desktop back though as I > found it handy to have "shortcuts" on it. > > Thanks. > > Make sure that xfdesktop (or xfdesktop4) is running. -- Nyizsa. http://nyizsa.uni.cc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
