On 17 Sep 2001 09:21:35 -0400, Paul Rodríguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> After starting up Mandrake 8.0f2 in Gnome, I opened nautilus (from a
> terminal), and deselected "Use Nautilus to draw the desktop".  This than
> made my screen blink for a second, and viola, handed control of the
> desktop back to the gdm.  Fine, but where are my icons?  Does anybody
> know how to repopulate a Gnome desktop with icons (i.e. trash and home)?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Paul Rodríguez

"Use Nautilus to draw the desktop" means that Nautilus will manage what is on
your desktop, including icons. You can either turn that back on, use GMC (the
old GNOME default file manager) instead, or have nothing at all (as you have
now).

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