fergus wrote: > Additional to files/ folders actually located in ~/Desktop/, my Desktop > shows icons for external devices. The names allocated have evolved with time > (and through no intervention from me) from such as NONAME and NONAME_1 to > 3.9G Media (and, in my case, 3.9G Media (2), since I have two identically > sized different USB drives). There are no correcsponding entries for any of > these in ~/Desktop/. I deduce that they appear by internal magic and > convention. > > Can you help with any of the following: > > Q1. How can delete these from the Desktop, if I want to? > > Q2. There is no icon for the Windows hard drive, although this is mounted in > /etc/fstab exactly like all the external units. How can I get it displayed > similarly on the Desktop? For KDE at least this is controlled using the check boxes under the "File Icons" and "Device Icons" tabs under Control Center -> Desktop -> Behavior. > Q3. Can I rename them more descriptively? There is a rename option on > right-clicking on the icon, but in all cases this option is greyed out. I don't know the answer to that one. -- David King dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx
