>>>> "Colin" == Colin Paul Adams
<colin(a)colina.demon.co.uk> writes:
>>>> "Kam" == Kam Leo <kam.leo(a)gmail.com>
writes:
Kam> On 06 Jul 2005 07:03:20 +0100, Colin Paul Adams
Kam> <colin(a)colina.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> I've just had to reboot my FC4 machine for the second
time in
>> under a week, as, whilst navigating from one desktop pane to
>> another (using Ctrl-Alt-arrows), the input (mouse and keyboard
>> suddenly siezed up).
>>
>> Now, I find I do not have the default background on my desktop
>> (just plain dark-blue), nor will the right mouse button bring
>> up the context menu that allows me to change the desktop
>> background (amongst other things).
>>
>> What can I do? -- Colin Adams Preston Lancashire
Kam> Go to your home directory and rename .gconf, e.g. "cd
Kam> /home/user_name; mv .gconf .gconf.sav". A gnome desktop with
Kam> default settings will be created when you next log in.
Colin> Thank you, but that is hardly a solution. I don't want to
Colin> re-create the entire desktop - just get it working again.
I found out how to do it:
Desktop->Preferences->Destop Background enabled me to set the
background again.
But to rebuild the desktop itself (without trashing all my customized
menus), I had to do Places->Desktop.
--
Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire