disappearing desktop[SOLVED]

[NoOp]

On 07/06/2009 01:22 AM, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> 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?
> 

Until you figure out the problem, you can create a new panel item (I'd
generally recommend a desktop icon/item, but that wouldn't help much in
this case) for 'nautilus').  Right click a blank spot on the panel you
choose and click 'Add to panel'. Once opened, select 'Custom Application
Launcher'|Add -
Type: Application
Name: <Nautilus>
Command: /usr/bin/nautilus

That way, when your icons are not showing up, you can single click the
Nautilus icon on the panel bring them up.

As a side note: I have been struggling with a similar issue on a single
machine; on occassion my gnome-panel applets won't load properly, so
I've had to create a 'killall gnome-panel' icon on the desktop to get
the panels to reload the icons. I'm pretty sure that this is caused by a
bonobo race condition, but so far I've not been able to pin down the cause.