On Friday 16 October 2009 13:06:42 Tim Clewlow wrote: > > But there is still this grey greying out grid over everything > > instead of a > > desktop with icons that are not covered by a grid of any kind! > And > > if I > > use .bash_profile to start X and then start idesk from a terminal > I > > get a > > fully functional system with a proper desktop. It is the trying > to > > start > > idesk automatically that seems to cause the problem. :-( > > Thanks again,
> Ok, make sure you have a directory called .idesktop, ie create it > with: > > mkdir ~/.idesktop I already have this directory - the instructions I followed initially said to create the directory and copy the config files there, which I have done. I have also tried to solve the desktop problem by altering the background, but to no avail. > and then kill X <ctrl><alt<backspace> and then start is again > 'startx' - I'm hoping this means you now have an idesk icon. Will > fix the background and mouse after this. So I just restarted X again, and although I have literally not touched the computer since that last time when it failed, it started up with a functional desktop but covered with this grid. So I restarted X a few more times and it seems to have reached that situation fairly stably. I also tried a reboot - it booted to the command line, I entered startx, and the system started fine - just with this grey grid over everything. As I say, it is starting idesk automatically that seems to cause the problem. Cheers Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
