Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a cron job that just backs up the entire .gconf directory every > few hours. If I ever lose my settings, or if I accidentally screw > something up, I can just restore that backup and be back to where I was. > > Note that desktop icons are a slightly different issue though. While I > believe gconf does store the position of the icons, the actual files are > stored elsewhere. So to really "move the desktop" to a new machine, > you'd have to make sure that the appropriate files are copied over as > well.
It's strange: I copied my whole ~/.gconf directory and put it into another partition, with the same Linux system: Debian Etch, and the panel and the Home and Trash icons were set just the same, but the Terminal icon that I have on my desktop is not put onto the other desktop. So, the problem of moving the desktop to a new machine seems more difficult than it was supposed to be... Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
