about symbolic links on Desktop

[Andrew Conkling]

On 6/1/06, nusret <nbalci_l at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 1) When i create a symbolic link on desktop from a
> terminal, say
>
> ln -s /etc etc_dir_pointer
>
> a little icon shows up. However, when I right-click on
> the icon and select "Properties", all the icons
> disappear and as i don't know how to fix it, i need to
> logout and login again to bring back any icon on the
> desktop. Any suggestions?

I'd be interested to see if xfdesktop is crashing.  You could check to
see if it's running in the System Monitor (Menu > System > System
Monitor, IIRC).  If so, running it again (Alt+F2 will give you the Run
dialog) would most likely give you your icons back.

That way, at least you may not have to log out each time....

> 2) When I open the menu editor, it creates an empty
> xml file in my .config directory and the whole menu
> disappears! Even if it asks me to save changes, it
> saves nothing but an empty xml file. It is seriously
> broken in my system. I can bring back my menu only if
> I delete the menu.xml file. Also, when I try to run
> the xfce4-menueditor from console, it segfaults. I
> don't know if this is a problem with xubuntu
> distributed version, or with XFCE 4.4 Beta1.

Ubuntu isn't just running the beta; they have a patched-up version
that is generally in sync (very loosely) with the SVN tree.  The only
thing I can think to try here is to test it with a new user?

> 3) When I right-click on the desktop, I don't get an
> option to create an icon on the desktop. I get this
> option when i right click on an already existing
> launcher! I really don't like the design of the
> context  menu that you get when right-click on the
> desktop.
<SNIP>

This is by design, and the right-click menu is one of the best things
about xfdesktop.

> My system is Xubuntu 6.06 RC, with XFCE 4.4 Beta 1.

I'm assuming you're up-to-date with your packages?  If so, depending
on what the devs say as far as 1) and 2), it'd be best to file bugs on
launchpad.net.  Feel free to contact me off-list if you have any
questions about that.

HTH,
Andrew