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Submitted by BinaryDigit on Tue, 09/18/2012 - 16:04

Desktop Icons Do Not Appear on Desktop at Startup

Project:Trisquel
Component:Gnome
Category:bug report
Priority:normal
Assigned:Unassigned
Status:needs more info
Description

When I bootup and login all the desktop icons are missing, for example files, folders and the computer icons Trash, Computer, home, etc .... I have to log out and back in again to restore the icons.

This issue happened in a previous Trisquel version as well. Its only recently started to happen again in 5.5, probably caused by an update.

BinaryDigit:
Tue, 09/18/2012 - 16:50
Title:Desktop Icons Do Not Appear on Desktop on Startup and Login» Desktop Icons Do Not Appear on Desktop at Startup
lembas:
Tue, 09/18/2012 - 20:58

Instead of logout/login try opening a terminal and firing nautilus (it provides the desktop). Do you see anything in the logs?

BinaryDigit:
Tue, 09/18/2012 - 22:21

Logs? Nautilus? Could you give me the code to type (well ok paste) in to the terminal.
It's baby steps I know :)

I think they pushed through an update to fix this last time.. not sure though.....

SirGrant:
Tue, 10/23/2012 - 18:03
Status:active» needs more info

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Trisquel better. Please answer these questions:

* Is this reproducible?
* If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?

This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

You may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html.

lembas:
Fri, 10/26/2012 - 08:09

To start Nautilus, just type nautilus. It will open a file browser window as well. Did this help?

You could read ~/.xsession-errors and /var/log/syslog.

You can use e.g. the less command to do so. You can use PageUp, PageDown, Home and End buttons to navigate and q to quit, h will give you the complete less help.

i.e. less ~/.xsession-errors

There you might find something useful... or not.