empty desktop after a crash

viktoranagy · 10-02-2005, 11:21 AM

Hello!

I had FC4 running pretty well on my laptop (ASUS A2500D). But today the laptop probably get to hot, and wanted to halt.

After a reboot (I was waiting for some time, to let it become colder) my desktop was empty, right click on it doesn't work. I can not start Nautilus neither.

Actually this last thing (Nautilus) is not really true. I click on it, it starts loading, but it doesn't draws a windows although I can find it under the "system watcher".

Could anyone help me?

Viktor

Mega Man X · 10-02-2005, 11:39 AM

Ah, the good ol' buggy Gnome. The best way to fix this is to delete your hidden files that stores gnome configurations at your home directory (something like /home/viktoranagy/.gnome2 or .gnome). Next time you login, Nautilus should be reset to default, exactly as the first time you've logged in.

The drawback is: you will have to reconfigure your desktop, like common shortcuts and setting up you background again.

This usually fixes this problem. Rants apart, it's about time to make nautilus stable...