On Saturday 15 August 2009 05:23:59 Steven F. LeBrun wrote: > After obtaining a list of the hidden directories used by gnome, I was > able to rename existing directories, log out, log back in and see if the > desktop icons were displayed. Through a series of trials and errors, > the problem was in my old ~/.local/share/applications directory. My old > version contained 395 entries and the new one contained 2. > > What is not solved is exactly which of the 394 files is the problem. > Almost all the files in the broken directory are desktop configuration > files along with a couple of list (text) files. I did copy the wine > subdirectory from my broken applications directory to the working one > without a problem while resolving missing wine applications that were > installed. General tip for handling this kind of thing - 1) copy your existing ~/.local/share/applications directory to something like ~/.local/share/applications_sav 2) restore one directory from the broken directory 3) if there are problems, you have identified the source. Copy ~/.local/share/applications_sav back to ~/.local/share/applications 3_sub) create the directory that you wanted to copy back and restore essential files from it, one at a time, until it breaks. Now you have the real culprit, and must recreate that one from scratch. 4) repeat as necessary - don't forget to start from 1) so that you always have the partially restored and still working version. Slow, yes, but you will get back most of what you had. Making a guess at your applications most likely to have been in use when the problem occurred would be a good starting place. Identifying the problem(s) at the beginning of the process is less nerve-wracking than getting a long way and still being unsure. :-) Anne -- New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org Just found a cool new feature? Add it to UserBase
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