Re: N00b Trying to Move Stuff

[Don Scorgie <DonScorgie Blueyonder co uk>]

Hi,

On Fri, 2005-06-10 at 23:27 -0700, John Jordan wrote:
> I just started using Linux about 10 days ago. Discovered I far prefer 
> Gnome to KDE. I currently have Ubuntu-6 on my Compaq R3240 
> and it rocks! 

Glad your liking it.
> 
> However, there are three icons on the desktop. One is the CD/DVD 
> drive, and the other two are partitions on a removable external USB 
> drive. I hate icons on my desktop. I'd like to move these to the 
> panel on the top of the screen (I deleted the panel on the bottom). 
> But when I try to do so they won't go there. The mouse cursor icon 
> shows a + sign, but nothing happens and they stay on the desktop.
> 
> How do I get them off my desktop?

Applications Menu (in the top left) -> System tools -> Configuration
Editor

In there, navigate through to apps -> nautilus -> desktop
and there should be an option called "volumes_visible".  Untick that and
your all set.

To get them on your panel, right-click on the panel and select 
"Add to Panel...".  Look through the list for "Disk Mounter".

Hope this helps
Don

> 
> Sorry if this is a stupid newbie question. I looked at all the 
> documentation I could find and nothing addressed this issue.
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