>>>>> "Colin" == Colin Paul Adams <colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>>> "Kam" == Kam Leo <kam.leo@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
Kam> On 06 Jul 2005 07:03:20 +0100, Colin Paul Adams
Kam> <colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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
