Can't see Gnome desktop icons [SOLVED]

bumpert · Last edited by bumpert on Tue Sep 07, 2004 2:36 am; edited 1 time in total

Hi, i had a big problem with my hd and had to change it and reinstall gentoo. I had my home directory to another hd, so i reinstall gentoo and gnome , i keep all my config file except in gnome and all is ok. Except one thing, i don't see anything on my desktop even if i have something into my desktop folder. I dont even see the trash icon or home folder, ...

someone have an idea?

thx
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merlinBSD · Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 1:23 pm Post subject:

It has happen to me that i didnt see some icons cause they were too far off the screen... This is generally caused when you change icon zooming or resolution.
If it isnt a nautilus rendering problem, you can try to rearrange icons by right-clicking on the desktop and you should see them.

bumpert · Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 1:27 pm Post subject:

merlinBSD · Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 1:45 pm Post subject:

u have a problem with nautilus then...
try to start nautilus with the command line and check what it says...

btw, do you use metacity as a window manager ???

bumpert · Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 1:58 pm Post subject:

if i start nautilus with command line it open my home folder with no messages

is metacity better than nautilus?

thx
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bumpert · Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 2:17 pm Post subject:

i don't know what i've done but all my icons re-appear.. maybe running nautilus by command line has made something good

after the emerge i do now, i'll retstart gnome to see if the problem is really solve

ill give you news
thx
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merlinBSD · Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 2:21 pm Post subject:

well metacity and nautilus are two different things.
metacity is a window manager while nautilus is a file manager (and also the program that draw your desktop)

If you have no idea what is metacity you certainly do run it, as it is the deafult in gnome. Anyway I just asked this because some window manager prevent nautilus from drawing your desktop correctely.

Well what now? Try to run gnome with a new user. check if the problem appears.

If everything is normal it means that your configuration files may be messed up. You can easely erase all gnome config files with

merlinBSD · Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 2:22 pm Post subject:

bumpert · Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 12:28 am Post subject:

i reboot the pc to be really really sure, and it seems to be ok
I put this thread as solved and leave it.
thx a lot for your help

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bumpert

merlinBSD · Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 4:07 am Post subject: