GNOME desktop problem

[Colin Paul Adams]

>>>>> "Colin" == Colin Paul Adams <colin at colina.demon.co.uk> writes:

>>>>> "Kam" == Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com> writes:
    Kam> On 06 Jul 2005 07:03:20 +0100, Colin Paul Adams
    Kam> <colin at colina.demon.co.uk> wrote:
    >>> I've just had to reboot my FC4 machine for the second time in
    >>> under a week, as, whilst navigating from one desktop pane to
    >>> another (using Ctrl-Alt-arrows), the input (mouse and keyboard
    >>> suddenly siezed up).
    >>> 
    >>> Now, I find I do not have the default background on my desktop
    >>> (just plain dark-blue), nor will the right mouse button bring
    >>> up the context menu that allows me to change the desktop
    >>> background (amongst other things).
    >>> 
    >>> What can I do?  -- Colin Adams Preston Lancashire

    Kam> Go to your home directory and rename .gconf, e.g. "cd
    Kam> /home/user_name; mv .gconf .gconf.sav".  A gnome desktop with
    Kam> default settings will be created when you next log in.

    Colin> Thank you, but that is hardly a solution. I don't want to
    Colin> re-create the entire desktop - just get it working again.

I found out how to do it:

Desktop->Preferences->Destop Background enabled me to set the
background again.
But to rebuild the desktop itself (without trashing all my customized
menus), I had to do Places->Desktop.
-- 
Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire