On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 05:47:02PM -0400, Fred Smith wrote: <big snippage>
I've got it to the point where when I log in I get top and bottom panels, and desktop wallpaper. But nothing is drawn in front of the wallpaper, and right-click context menu on the desktop doesn't do anything. Everything that I can access thru a panel icon, a panel menu, or a terminal seems to be working.
There is a workaround for this problem:
Use ALT-F2 to open a prompt, type in "caja" (without the quotes) and voila, the desktop icons appear, and a right-click context menu too, aas well as an instance of caja. close the caja and the desktop remains.
This isn't the way it should work, but it is at least usable.