No 'desktop' in Gnome 2.6

Twiggy794 · Guru Joined: 21 Jun 2004 Posts: 321 Location: Hershey, PA

I emerged GNOME 2.6.0 and then upgraded to GNOME 2.6.1 to hopefully (and unsuccessfully) fix this problem: I have no 'desktop' in my GNOME desktop.

Meaning I can't right click on the desktop, there's no icons on the desktop, and my wallpaper is not memorized. Or rather, the wallpaper IS memorized, it just isn't shown unless I specifically tell it to be shown in the preferences every time I boot.

Is there a way to begin diagnosing this problem?

On another note, I always get a failed trying to shutdown when it's shutting down GDM. How can i start fixing that as well?

Thanks in advance
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duff · Guru Joined: 19 Jun 2002 Posts: 466 Location: Clemson, SC

open a terminal and type "nautilus"

Twiggy794 · Guru Joined: 21 Jun 2004 Posts: 321 Location: Hershey, PA

Great, thanks! I only need to type nautilus once? It'll remember this every time I log in from now on?
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duff · Guru Joined: 19 Jun 2002 Posts: 466 Location: Clemson, SC

davidsb · Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 7:49 pm Post subject:

opening a gnome.terminal and typing nautilus didn't work for me :\