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snatale1 04-01-2004 12:26 PM

Can't remove /boot link from desktop!
 
A while back I accidentally made a link to /boot on my desktop while making a link to my win c:. but now I want to get rid of it and can't. If I right click it my only option is to umount which I can't do bcuz I'm not root, when I am root it's not there, diskdrake says it's not mounted? How can I force remove it from my desktop. I'm using KDE 3.1.3.

Thank you

kundor 04-02-2004 05:12 PM

Try opening a konsole.
cd Desktop
ls

then use rm followed by whatever the link is called.

snatale1 04-02-2004 08:23 PM

I just tried it when I list the dir it's not there?

kundor 04-02-2004 09:14 PM

Hmm...there are no files that could be the link?

See if it's in /usr/share/apps/kdesktop/Desktop. You'll need to be root to delete anythihng from there.

snatale1 04-02-2004 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by kundor
Hmm...there are no files that could be the link?

See if it's in /usr/share/apps/kdesktop/Desktop. You'll need to be root to delete anythihng from there.

thats empty :(

What really gets me is that a couple days ago I completely formatted and re-installed including /home and it's still there.
this sux!

kundor 04-02-2004 11:19 PM

Unfortunately I'm using kde 3.2 so i'm not sure if these directions are right for your version.

Try right-clicking on the desktop -> Configure your Desktop

Choose behavior, then Device Icons, or generally look around for options about Showing device icons.

Try unchecking the options about Mounted or Unmounted Hard Disc partitions, and see if that takes care of it.

snatale1 04-02-2004 11:28 PM

THANK YOU! THAT DID IT!!!!!

I don't know how I did that because i'm sure I never checked that box, oh well either way it's gone! :)

I apreciate it.


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