Dear Frank: That was it, thanks for the link. Now all the desktop icons are back.
I did google first before I asked this list, but as in much "googling" one needs a "string" that gets useful data out of the noise, and you found such a string. Charles On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Frank McCormick <debianl...@videotron.ca> wrote: > On 03/03/12 03:42 PM, Charles Krinke wrote: > X>> > >>> 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. > > > > > I just spent 30 secs googling the problem - this MAY BE your solution. > It's worth trying. Remember GOOGLE is your friend. > > > http://www.pc-freak.net/blog/how-to-make-gnome-3-desktop-icons-to-work-as-in-gnome-2-on-debian-gnu-linux/ > > -- > Cheers > Frank > -- Charles Krinke -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CALo-6+i1dC85J_ocPPSOdmUaYTfZ3iSbW=mfdkyujfKnRqDú@mail.gmail.com
