disappearing desktop[SOLVED]

[Robert Holtzman]

On Sun, 5 Jul 2009, Robert Holtzman wrote:

> On Sat, 4 Jul 2009, NoOp wrote:
>>
>> Check ~/.xsessions-errors
>>
>> Also, you shouldn't need to reinstall anything. You most likely have a
>> messed up config file. This looks to be similar:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/196263
>> [Desktop icons not appearing]
>
> The link nailed it. Thanks

Spoke too soon. Running /usr/bin/nautilus restores the icons but doesn't 
persist through a reboot. I'd love to know what file got corrupted. 
Barring that, I think the command needs to be put into a startup file, 
one of the init files or perhaps ~/.bashrc. Sound reasonable? If so, 
which and what syntax?

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