On Thursday 03 Apr 2003 10:03 am, Netsonic wrote: > Hi everybody. > > I have downloaded and tried to install Mandrake 9.1. The install itself > runs OK, but when I load up KDE, there are no desktop icons whatsoever. > > All the previous Mandrake versions I used had a handful of icons there for > things like 'Home', 'CD Rom' etc in the top left hand corner of the screen. > > Also when the KDE loads, the mouse pointer changes to an egg-timer type > pointer as if its waiting for something to finish. It stays like this for 5 > or 6 minutes, and then still no desktop icons. > > The menus and taskbar are available and work OK. > > Right clicking somewhere in the middle of the desktop does nothing, whereas > there used to be a context menu appeared for things like desktop > configuration. > > Gnome loads with the icons OK, just nothing for KDE. > > Has anybody else experienced this ??
Yes, I experienced this the first time I installed 9.1 In my haste to install it, I overlooked adding a user and so therefore I was running as root. The solution that worked for me was to create a user and then login as that user. As you should know, the root desktop is different to a user desktop :-) -- Martin Foster FidoNet - 2:250/501.2 http://befido.webhop.org
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