Re: How to restore desktop?

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On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 12:35 -0400, Joe Smith wrote:
> I accidentally blew away some files in ${HOME}, including ~/Desktop. Now 
> when I log in for a desktop session, Nautilus apparently uses ~ as the 
> "desktop" filling my screen with hundreds of icons for all the 
> accumulated cruft from my home directory ;-)
> 
> I figured that once I restored the Desktop directory, my nice clean 
> desktop would re-appear, but no such luck. Nautilus continues to spew 
> junk all over the screen.
> 
> Gconf doesn't seem to have the answer either:
> $ gconftool-2 -R /apps/nautilus
>   start-state = []
>   /apps/nautilus/desktop:
>    home_icon_visible = true
>    network_icon_visible = false
>    computer_icon_visible = true
>    trash_icon_name = (no value set)
>    home_icon_name = (no value set)
>    trash_icon_visible = true
>    volumes_visible = true
>    computer_icon_name = (no value set)
>   /apps/nautilus/list_view: ...
>   /apps/nautilus/icon_view: ...
>   /apps/nautilus/sidebar_panels: ...
>    /apps/nautilus/sidebar_panels/tree: ...
>   /apps/nautilus/preferences:
>    ...
>    desktop_is_home_dir = false            <---###
>    ...
> 
> Any ideas how to reverse the damage?
> 
> <Joe
> 
Your parameter list looks correct. But that is not much help.
I assume that /apps/nautilus/preferences
show_desktop is also true.
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