I would like my desktop back?

[Marc Schwartz]

On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 20:52 -0800, Erik Peterson wrote:
> I have spent about 4 hours now trying to get my desktop back.  I have
> been through every return after searching the list archive for
> "nautilus" and many other variations.  If you could provide a link to
> that part of the list archive or some search terms you think might
> work I would appreciate it.  I am about ready to give up and  just
> reinstall xfce.  The only thing stopping me from doing this earlier is
> I run linux and OSS software is to learn and hate giving up.
> 
> To recap where I am at. I invoked "killall nautilus", which caused the
> icons to disappear and but not the desktop image.  I then logged out
> and in again and am left with a black desktop. Right clicking does not
> bring up the expected menu.
> 
> Apologies for what is probably obvious and repetitive question for the
> list.  I would be happy to  write an addition to the FAQ on the xfce
> website relating to this issue if I get it resolved.
> 
> thanks
> 
> Erik
> 
> (ps  Thank you Myles for your initial quick response, it is appreciated.)


Erik,

Here is one of the recent threads on this:

http://lunar-linux.org/pipermail/xfce/2005-January/012683.html

HTH,

Marc Schwartz