Error setting the icon position metadata ???

[Phillip Deackes <gsmh gmx net>]

I upgraded my Debian/Storm Linux from Slink to Potato last night and
since rebooting I have lost all desktop icons apart from the standard
folder icon and the plain datafile icon. I can go through the motions of
changing icons for desktop objects, but the icon does not appear on the
dekstop.

I notice these lines in my ~/.xsession-errors file:

SESSION_MANAGER=local/scgf:/tmp/.ICE-unix/368,tcp/scgf:1027
rm: cannot remove `/home/gsmh/.gnome//gmc-sNQ4FC': No such file or
directory

GLib-WARNING **: getpwuid_r(): failed due to: No such user 1000.

Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate loadable module in module_path:
"libthinice.so",

Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkpixmap.c: line 97 (gtk_pixmap_new): assertion
`val != NULL' failed.

Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkcontainer.c: line 706 (gtk_container_add):
assertion `widget != NULL' failed.

Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 1434 (gtk_widget_show):
assertion `widget != NULL' failed.
subshell.c: couldn't get terminal settings: Inappropriate ioctl for
device

** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for
"/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/Home directory"

** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for
"/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/SAS.desktop"

** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for
"/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/mail-stuff"

** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for
"/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/phillip"

** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for
"/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/hda5"

** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for
"/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/hda2"

** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for
"/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/Stormix"

** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for
"/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/TkDesk (SU).desktop"

** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for
"/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/hdd"

** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for
"/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/fd0"

** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for
"/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/Installer"

** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for
"/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/Storm Package Manager (SU).desktop"

** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for
"/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/Palm Pilot.desktop"

** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for
"/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/hdc1"

** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for
"/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/stuff"

** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for
"/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/ISDN"

** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for
"/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/boot-stuff"

** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for
"/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/SAT.desktop"

** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for
"/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/System Log.desktop"

** WARNING **: Error setting the icon position metadata for
"/home/gsmh/.gnome-desktop/user.ps"

** WARNING **: Root window clicks will not work as no GNOME-compliant
window manager could be found!

Any ideas? I am using icewm-gnome and gmc 4.5.42-7  (Debian package).


--
Phillip Deackes
Using Storm Linux