On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:41:01 +0000, Ian Malone wrote: > On 26 November 2011 19:30, Beartooth <beartooth@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:31:49 +0000, Frank Murphy wrote: >> >>> Just install fedorautils. >>> I'll give you a good gui way of doing it, along with other stuff: >>> http://fedorautils.sourceforge.net/ >>> >>> "Optimise boot" section. >> >> I (Beartooth, not the OP) did that, and a bunch of other >> stuff, >> too; and rebooted. >> *Something* has >> spread my whole home directory all over the screen > > This sounds like "file manager manage the desktop". > http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/configure-gnome-3-desktop-gnome-tweak-tool/ Have I mentioned that the problem machine is running F14, not F16? Anyway, I went to the makeuseof site, and combed through all I could follow of that, plus alacarte, plus gnome-control-center, and more. Some where, eventually, I found a line in a file manager (There seem to be several file managers.) saying to use the home directory as a desktop. It was *not* checked. I tried checking it, in case it had gotten oriented backward somehow, but that made no difference. So I unchecked it again. I've been sending dispensable individual files to the trash, sometimes from the desktop and sometimes from my opened home directory; it does remove each from both places, no matter where I start. I just tried rebooting it. It seems to be caught in a *long* string of what I take to be error messages involving "[sr0]" I have a faint recollection of having seen the like before, but of having the machine eventually come up. I also note that when it seems to hang on logging out, it often comes up with the F14 splash screen (the one that looks like an explosion of broken blue glass with cobwebs), but no display for logging in. -- Beartooth Staffwright, Not Quite Clueless Power User I have precious (very precious!) little idea where up is. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
