No icons or panels in Desktop, just wallpaper

[ashin george]

I'm a beginner and had got a Fedora core 7 in my Laptop., It worked fine in
the first days. But now on logging in to the desktop there is no Panels or
Icons in the desktop. Just the Wallpaper. The cursor appears and it can be
moved. I can't do anything., I just restarted. Done it many times but same
thing happens.
**
*Configuration*
Intel Celeron-M 560, 2.13/1M/533
512MB DDRII 667
80GB SATA HDD

[Anne Wilson]

On Thursday 04 June 2009 16:23:54 Kevin Kofler wrote:
>  Anne Wilson wrote:
>  > In which case, delete ~/.kde instead.
>  
>  Deleting the entire .kde directory is a really bad idea! You lose ALL your
>  customizations and in some cases even things like e-mails (depending on the
>  version of KMail you first used and on whether you changed the default
>  storage folder). Please don't recommend this sledgehammer approach.
>   
Apologies - written in haste, and not what I usually recommend.  Rename 
~/.kde.  That way they get recreated on login, but you can still rescue all 
your old files as necessary.

Anne
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[Kevin Kofler]

Anne Wilson wrote:
>  In which case, delete ~/.kde instead. 
Deleting the entire .kde directory is a really bad idea! You lose ALL your
customizations and in some cases even things like e-mails (depending on the
version of KMail you first used and on whether you changed the default
storage folder). Please don't recommend this sledgehammer approach.

        Kevin Kofler

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 03 June 2009 19:18:07 Shannon McMackin wrote:
>  On 06/03/2009 11:15 AM, ashin george wrote:
>  > I'm a beginner and had got a Fedora core 7 in my Laptop., It worked fine
>  > in the first days. But now on logging in to the desktop there is no
>  > Panels or Icons in the desktop. Just the Wallpaper. The cursor appears
>  > and it can be moved. I can't do anything., I just restarted. Done it
>  > many times but same thing happens.
>  > **
>  > *Configuration*
>  > Intel Celeron-M 560, 2.13/1M/533
>  > 512MB DDRII 667
>  > 80GB SATA HDD
>  >
>  To get past this immediate hurdle, I think you can delete the directory 
>  ~/.gconf from a command-line and restart your machine.  Gnome will then 
>  re-create your desktop environment.
>  
>  If you're using KDE, this doesn't apply...
>   
In which case, delete ~/.kde instead.

Anne
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[Shannon McMackin]

On 06/03/2009 11:15 AM, ashin george wrote:
>  I'm a beginner and had got a Fedora core 7 in my Laptop., It
> worked fine
>  in the first days. But now on logging in to the desktop there is no
>  Panels or Icons in the desktop. Just the Wallpaper. The cursor appears
>  and it can be moved. I can't do anything., I just restarted. Done it
>  many times but same thing happens.
>  **
>  *Configuration*
>  Intel Celeron-M 560, 2.13/1M/533
>  512MB DDRII 667
>  80GB SATA HDD
>  
To get past this immediate hurdle, I think you can delete the directory 
~/.gconf from a command-line and restart your machine.  Gnome will then 
re-create your desktop environment.

If you're using KDE, this doesn't apply...

[Frank Murphy]

ashin george wrote:
>  I'm a beginner and had got a Fedora core 7 in my Laptop., It
> worked fine 
>  in the first days. But now on logging in to the desktop there is no 
>  Panels or Icons in the desktop. Just the Wallpaper. The cursor appears 
>  and it can be moved. I can't do anything., I just restarted. Done it 
>  many times but same thing happens.
>  **
>  *Configuration*
>  Intel Celeron-M 560, 2.13/1M/533
>  512MB DDRII 667
>  80GB SATA HDD 
Hi Ashin,

I would recommend you update to Fedora 10 or 11 (out shortly).
As you won't receive any furthrt updates for Fedora 7
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LifeCycle/EOL
It is no longer supported.


Frank


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