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

[greg pryzby]

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Easiest way? Delete the gnome directories (~/.g*) and log back in.

gnome ALWAYS causes me silly problems. 99.9% of the time, delete any .
directory that look gnome related and log back in.

you can actually look at the files or sub-dirs to figure out WHICH
dir/file is teh culprit, but I shotgun it

Jim Ide wrote:
> 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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