Re: Desktop Icons and Context Menus

[Håvard Wigtil <havardw stud ntnu no>]

On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Traci Collins wrote:

> I seem to have found a way to disable my desktop icons and the
> context menus that are supposed to come up when I right mouse button
> on the desktop. I am using Mandrake 7.2, Gnome, and Sawfish. Does
> someone have an idea of what I might have done to cause this
> situation, and more importantly, what I might do to restore the icons
> and menus? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

The most likey cause is that gmc has stopped. Do 'ps -u <your_user> | grep
gmc" to check. Or you can just try to start it again by typing "gmc" in a
console.

If that solves the problem, go to Control Panel and select "Save current
session" under "Session" to have the change be permanent.

    Håvard

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