Quoting Scott Pancoast <SPancoast@xxxxxxxx>: > > > > Scott Pancoast wrote: > >> I upgraded to KDE4.2. from 3.5. > >> > >> When I upgraded I lost all of my desktop icons. Ok, that happens. > >> Nothing big. So I went through the application menu, and added my > >> favorite desktop Icon's/links back onto my desktop, > > > > You dragged menu icons to the DeskTop? Which would mean that you have > > the FolderView selected for your Desktop. > > ??? In kde 4.2 on slackware 12.2 it is possible to drag icons onto the desktop not into a folderview on the desktop. I have done it with konqueror, dolphin, kmail and I just did it with dragon player. I do not have folderview set. BTW where are those icons with the desktop settings stored? I asked on another thread and have not had a reply yet. > >> and to the panel using the provided right click option. > >> > >> This is where everything took a hard turn left. > >> > >> I worked with the programs used on the desktop for a while then shut > >> down, so I know the links worked. When I restarted my computer, the > >> ICONs/links were now the basic Binary file Icon and a non-functional > >> link. The Icon looked like a page with the corner turned down filled > >> with stylized 1's and 0's. The same thing occurred with several of > >> my panel Icons. > >> > >> I guessed I used kde3 icons / programs. So I deleted the now defunct > >> icons and reset/set new ones, using only kde4 icons if possible. > >> Shut down and restarted. > >> > >> Now, I get the old defunct Icons, and the new icons. > >> > > So, I tried to reproduce your problem and couldn't. > > > > I don't really know what the problem might be. > > > > What I can tell you is that the stuff on the DeskTop is actually in a > > folder: "$HOME/Desktop" is the default. So, you can go to that folder > > > and delete the 'desktop' files that are screwed up. > > > < --- snip ---> > > < --- snip ---> > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:02:24 +0000 > From: Anne Wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Desktop and Panel links and icon's missing. What do > I do > To: kde@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: <200902181502.32629.cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Wednesday 18 February 2009 14:14:36 Scott Pancoast wrote: > > Thanks for working with the problem. > > > > I will track down the pesky little buggers ( plb's :-) ) and eliminate > > the base files. > > > > I did do your test, creating a panel adding items etc. And it did > create > > another instance of the binary icon. So I will submit a bug report to > > KDE developers. See if they can track down where and why the plb' > occur. > > > I ignored this thread, thinking it was under control. Would you like to > > summarise the problem in case we have any more ideas? > > What I've just seen here is ringing distant bells. I think something > like > that happened to me when I first changed F9 over. While I wait for your > > reply I'll try to remember how I dealt with it. > > Anne > > Anne > > Thanks for the response Anne. > > I am still trying to track down the PLB's they are not where they should > be. $home/Desktop. AS a matter of fact I can't find anything that > remotely look like an offending .desktop file. > > I submitted the bug report. Apparently they have found the error and > fixed it. But they didn't tell me how to repair the problem on my > installation. > I will locate the PLB's. I guess just not today. > > Scott > > > > ___________________________________________________ > This message is from the kde mailing list. > Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. > Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. > More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html. > ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.