Maybe nautilus has died? Or isn't connecting to the desktop properly - I've had that happen, and nothing works on the desktop at all, not even right click...try killing nautilus or something. Can't say the background has ever vanished though :/<div> Sorry if that's no help :) <div> </div><div>~~~ Farran <div class="gmail_quote">On 18 March 2010 21:53, Paul Sutton <<a href="mailto:zleap@zleap.net" target="_blank">zleap@zleap.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 <a href="http://imagebin.org/89424" target="_blank">http://imagebin.org/89424</a> just got the above, come up, not sure what triggered it, but I can't click on desktop, i can click menus and load programs i can't change the background using preferences can't even click, its just a white space. just wondered if anyone has come across this sort of thing. Paul - -- Paul Sutton <a href="http://www.zleap.net" target="_blank">www.zleap.net</a> Ubuntu 10.04 is out soon : Visit <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">www.ubuntu.com</a> for details DCGLUG MEETINGS - Details on <a href="http://www.dcglug.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.dcglug.org.uk/</a> - please click on Group meetings link on right hand side Aged 11 - 19 then dfey may be for you, please goto <a href="http://www.dfey.org" target="_blank">http://www.dfey.org</a> for more details -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - <a href="http://enigmail.mozdev.org" target="_blank">http://enigmail.mozdev.org</a> iEYEARECAAYFAkuioMoACgkQaggq1k2FJq1zhgCfaLw3Gl1Bvdd3TMqWPZTco0nv H50An32oDB7Tah5c/mGoih0RWyZ5auhk =8a4X -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a> </blockquote></div> </div> </div>