disappearing desktop

[NoOp]

On 07/04/2009 04:58 PM, Daryl Styrk wrote:
> 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. 
> 

It's always a better idea to rename rather than remove (IMO).