[Novalug] Ubuntu 8.04 - wallpaper and desktop items have disappeared

[Jay Hart]

/rant mode on

So, you changed one little thing, now you have broken system.  I'm sick of
"new features" in Linux when basic functionality is still an issue. I am
wondering when distros will stop adding new feature after new feature when the
underlying infrastructure is not as stable as it could be.  Make the distros
core features stable, then go back to adding new features...  Cool stuff ain't
cool if it doesn't work 100% of the time.

/rant mode off

Jay

Jim, this is not aimed at you for anything you did.

> I am using Ubuntu 8.04.
>
> I was fiddling around with changing wallpaper, and I have broken
> the desktop somehow.  When I log in, none of the items on my desktop
> are visible, and no wallpaper is displayed.  The files and directories
> are still present, but they are not being displayed on the desktop.
>
> If I select System | Preferences | Appearance from the menu, the
> Appearance Preference window opens for a half-second and then
> closes before I can see or change anything.
>
> Any ideas about how to fix this?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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