Desktop and Panel links and icon's missing. What do

[frmrick at aapt.net.au]

Quoting Scott Pancoast <SPancoast at nw3c.org>:

>
>
> > Scott Pancoast wrote:
> >> I upgraded to KDE4.2. from 3.5.
> >>
> >> When I upgraded I lost all of my desktop icons. Ok, that happens.
> >> Nothing big.  So I went through the application menu, and added my
> >> favorite desktop Icon's/links back onto my desktop,
> >
> > You dragged menu icons to the DeskTop?  Which would mean that you have
> > the FolderView selected for your Desktop.
> >

??? In kde 4.2 on slackware 12.2 it is possible to drag icons onto the desktop
not into a folderview on the desktop. I have done it with konqueror, dolphin,
kmail and I just did it with dragon player. I do not have folderview set.

BTW where are those icons with the desktop settings stored? I asked on another
thread and have not had a reply yet.

> >> and to the panel using the provided right click option.
> >>
> >> This is where everything took a hard turn left.
> >>
> >> I worked with the programs used on the desktop for a while then shut
> >>  down, so I know the links worked. When I restarted my computer, the
> >>  ICONs/links were now the basic Binary file Icon and a non-functional
> >>  link. The Icon looked like a page with the corner turned down filled
> >>  with stylized 1's and 0's.   The same thing occurred with several of
> >>  my panel Icons.
> >>
> >> I guessed I used kde3 icons / programs.  So I deleted the now defunct
> >>  icons and reset/set new ones, using only kde4 icons if possible.
> >> Shut down and restarted.
> >>
> >> Now, I get the old defunct Icons, and the new icons.
> >>
> > So, I tried to reproduce your problem and couldn't.
> >
> > I don't really know what the problem might be.
> >
> > What I can tell you is that the stuff on the DeskTop is actually in a
> > folder: "$HOME/Desktop" is the default.  So, you can go to that folder
>
> > and delete the 'desktop' files that are screwed up.
> >
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>
> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:02:24 +0000
> From: Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com>
> Subject: Re: [kde] Desktop and Panel links and icon's missing. What do
> 	I do
> To: kde at mail.kde.org
> Message-ID: <200902181502.32629.cannewilson at googlemail.com>
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> On Wednesday 18 February 2009 14:14:36 Scott Pancoast wrote:
> > Thanks for working with the problem.
> >
> > I will track down the pesky little buggers ( plb's :-) ) and eliminate
> > the base files.
> >
> > I did do your test, creating a panel adding items etc. And it did
> create
> > another instance of the binary icon. So I will submit a bug report to
> > KDE developers. See if they can track down where and why the plb'
> occur.
> >
> I ignored this thread, thinking it was under control.  Would you like to
>
> summarise the problem in case we have any more ideas?
>
> What I've just seen here is ringing distant bells.  I think something
> like
> that happened to me when I first changed F9 over.  While I wait for your
>
> reply I'll try to remember how I dealt with it.
>
> Anne
>
> Anne
>
> Thanks for the response Anne.
>
> I am still trying to track down the PLB's they are not where they should
> be. $home/Desktop.  AS a matter of fact I can't find anything that
> remotely look like an offending .desktop file.
>
> I submitted the bug report. Apparently they have found the error and
> fixed it.  But they didn't tell me how to repair the problem on my
> installation.
> I will locate the PLB's.  I guess just not today.
>
> Scott
>
>
>
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