Desktop Icons

[Biju Chacko]

On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 02:45:02 +0530, Keith Powell  
<keith at keithg4jvx.force9.co.uk> wrote:

> However, I thought it may help if I explained exactly what I have on the
> xfce4 desktop, in case it gives anyone other ideas.
>
> There are panels top and bottom.
>
> On the desktop are five desktop shortcuts with grey icons.
>
> Icon 1) Labelled Home.
> Left double click: my home folder opens as normal.
> Tooltip: Kind: folder. Date modified and size.
>
> Icon 2) Labelled File System.
> Left double click opens file system correctly from Root.
> Tooltip: Kind: folder. Date modified and size.
>
> Icon 3) Labelled Home.
> Left double click gives an error message:
> Failed to open URL "$HOME". The URL "$HOME" is not supported.
> Tooltip: Kind: Desktop Configuration File. Date modified and size
>
> Icon 4) Labelled Devices.
> Left double click opens folder showing all the devices apparently
> correctly. I've not checked them yet.
> Tooltip: Kind: desktop configuration file. Date modified and size.
>
> Icon 5) Labelled Wastebin.
> Error message:
> Failed to open URL "TRASH:/". The URL "TRASH:/" is not supported
> Tooltip: Kind: desktop configuration file.

If this is your default desktop, it looks like your distro tried to work  
around the fact that pre-RC1 didn't have "Home", "Trash", etc and then did  
not update it after upgrading to RC1. I guess you can safely delete icons  
3 and 5. I'm not sure where your real trash icon went. It's possible that  
it was built incorrectly, but I guess Brian or Benny would be correct  
people to ask about that.

>
> It's the two with error messages and the second 'home' which I can't
> understand. Also, I can't find a way of changing the plain grey icons to
> the usual coloured ones which graphically indicate what they are. (A
> house for 'home', a wastebin for 'wastebin' and so on.)

Looks like your icon theme is broken. In a default setup you can change it  
 from Xfce Menu -> Settings -> User Interface Settings -> Icon Theme. I use  
'Tango' which shows correct, if kinda boring, icons for most things.

> Should I get the two with error messages working correctly (what do I
> do, please?). Or should I get rid of them off the desktop and replace
> them with others on the panels?
>
> Sorry to prolong my first postings, but I really don't know what to do.

No problem. This list is fairly friendly, more so to someone who has  
obviously done his homework before posting.

>
> I'm what may be called "an advanced newbie"!

You may want to file bugs in the Mandriva bug tracker -- your problems  
seem to be distro specific bugs,

-- b


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