On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 08:11:09AM +0600, Sergey Podushkin wrote: > fred smith пишет: > > gang, I feel dumb having to ask this... > > > > I've got a Centos 5.5 installation (it's not new, I've been using it for > > over a year on this machine) and all of a sudden just a few minutes ago > > everything on the gnome desktop disappeared. no icons, right-click doesn't > > bring up a context menu. the panels are still there, though, thank goodness. > > > > tried logging off and back on but that didn't help. I'm perusing the > > centos forums for clues, and thought I should ask all of you too in > > parallel. > > > > Suggestions appreciated, thanks in advance! > > > > Fred > > > Check the result of > > $ gconftool-2 -R /apps/nautilus/preferences | grep show_desktop > > and, if it give you "show_desktop = false", turn the show_desktop on: > > $ gconftool-2 --set /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop -t bool true > > this should give your desktop with icons and context menus back. Sergey: Thanks for the info! After attempting a log off/on as described above, and not finding much online, I logged off again, logged on as another user and found the desktop looked normal, so I logged off and on again as 'me' and voila, it was all back! No clue what happened, but I'm glad it's "fixed". thanks again! Fred -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. --------------------------- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) -----------------------------