Re: [newbie] KDE: problem with sorting icons on the desktop
On Wednesday 01 September 2004 22:23, Paul Smith wrote: Kaj Haulrich wrote: Every time I start a new session, the icons on my desktop do not keep the same sorting; they appear quite unsorted, indeed, although correctly horizontally aligned. I have looked, in the menus, for an option to control that, but I have found nothing. I am using KDE 3.2 and Mandrake 10. Any ideas? What happens when you right-click your desktop , click Icons -- Sort Icons ? Answering your question: the icons are correctly sorted with right-click my desktop, click Icons -- Sort Icons. Well, as I understand it next time you boot the icons are scrambled again, right ? If that's the case, maybe you have restore previous session set. I would try to set it start with an empty session, and then logout/in. The option is under : System -- Configuration --Configure your desktop -- Components -- Session Manager. Kaj, I had already noticed those options and I had already set on the option start with an empty session. Strangely, if I set on the option restore previous session, the icons are scrambled again next time I boot. Strange indeed, Paul. This is beyond me. But occasionally I screw up my KDE and rather then fiddling around editing .rc files I just delete my entire .kde directory, and restart the X server. That way everything KDE is back to defaults. I must add, though, that I am too lazy to do much customizing, so it's no big deal. Otherwise, someone wiser than me (that means most people), step in here. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.7* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE: problem with sorting icons on the desktop
Kaj Haulrich wrote: But occasionally I screw up my KDE and rather then fiddling around editing .rc files I just delete my entire .kde directory, and restart the X server. That way everything KDE is back to defaults. Kaj, I adopted the same approach and everything is now fine. Thanks. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE: problem with sorting icons on the desktop
Kaj Haulrich wrote: Every time I start a new session, the icons on my desktop do not keep the same sorting; they appear quite unsorted, indeed, although correctly horizontally aligned. I have looked, in the menus, for an option to control that, but I have found nothing. I am using KDE 3.2 and Mandrake 10. Any ideas? What happens when you right-click your desktop , click Icons -- Sort Icons ? Kaj, Answering your question: the icons are correctly sorted with right-click my desktop, click Icons -- Sort Icons. Regards, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE: problem with sorting icons on the desktop
On Wednesday 01 September 2004 10:18, Paul Smith wrote: Kaj Haulrich wrote: Every time I start a new session, the icons on my desktop do not keep the same sorting; they appear quite unsorted, indeed, although correctly horizontally aligned. I have looked, in the menus, for an option to control that, but I have found nothing. I am using KDE 3.2 and Mandrake 10. Any ideas? What happens when you right-click your desktop , click Icons -- Sort Icons ? Kaj, Answering your question: the icons are correctly sorted with right-click my desktop, click Icons -- Sort Icons. Regards, Paul Well, as I understand it next time you boot the icons are scrambled again, right ? If that's the case, maybe you have restore previous session set. I would try to set it start with an empty session, and then logout/in. The option is under : System -- Configuration --Configure your desktop -- Components -- Session Manager. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.7* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE: problem with sorting icons on the desktop
Kaj Haulrich wrote: Every time I start a new session, the icons on my desktop do not keep the same sorting; they appear quite unsorted, indeed, although correctly horizontally aligned. I have looked, in the menus, for an option to control that, but I have found nothing. I am using KDE 3.2 and Mandrake 10. Any ideas? What happens when you right-click your desktop , click Icons -- Sort Icons ? Answering your question: the icons are correctly sorted with right-click my desktop, click Icons -- Sort Icons. Well, as I understand it next time you boot the icons are scrambled again, right ? If that's the case, maybe you have restore previous session set. I would try to set it start with an empty session, and then logout/in. The option is under : System -- Configuration --Configure your desktop -- Components -- Session Manager. Kaj, I had already noticed those options and I had already set on the option start with an empty session. Strangely, if I set on the option restore previous session, the icons are scrambled again next time I boot. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
