It sounds like Nautilus is not starting. Nautilus controls the desktop icons. Try starting nautiul form the "run" menu or from a console window by typing "nautilus &".
On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 15:40, Mark Haney wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > You know, while we are on this subject (sorry I have nothing to offer > except another question) how do I add shortcuts to the 'Start Menu' > in GNOME? I want to add some new shortcuts and can't figure out how. > > - -----Original Message----- > From: John Salamone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 3:33 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: desktop > > > hi, > > I do not know how or what happened but I lost the icons from my > desktop. I was logged on as root and mistakenly hard booted my > computer. When I logged back on my desktop icons (root's home, start > home and trash) did not appear. I did have icons on the bottom of the > panel, which would normally be there. > > Can someone help me out with what I can do to fix this problem? Also, > is there a log I can look at to see how this happened? Your help > would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks!! > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> > > iQA/AwUBPwsdKeE7VA/jZY4+EQIIxACfUzSLECK9fRpqZv0H9Ejjxc7hGRwAoLzL > gKLhyQJlnjcHZL42bnRb9Cic > =P4gO > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list