disappearing desktop

[Daryl Styrk]

On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 11:31:41AM -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> 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.

You could always try rm -r ~/.gnome* and logout/in.  You have the backups
so no big deal. 

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Daryl Styrk
Naples FL, USA