Desktop icons disappear in Gnome 2.6

[Travis Osterman]

Recently, I had a nautilus session that crashed and afterward I didn't
have icons or the ability to right-click on my Gnome desktop.  I tried
logging out and back into Gnome, nothing had changed.  Logging into
KDE worked fine and showed the desktop.

I googled without getting anywhere and would appreciate any ideas to
try.  Thanks for your time.

-- Travis