disappearing desktop

[Robert Holtzman]

Running Hardy with the latest updates. I had the terminal launcher and a 
number of documents on the desktop. When I booted just now the desktop
was blank. Just the wallpaper. The launcher and docs are still in the
~/Desktop directory. Also, right clicking on the desktop fails to bring
up the create doc popup. Rebooting doesn't help. The only change was to 
run the update manager this morning. It showed some backport updates 
that I went ahead and installed. I would try backing them off if I knew 
how and could remember what they were.

Any help appreciated.

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Bob Holtzman
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