KDE desktop icons won't stay put
I'm posting here because I haven't had an answer on kde-linux or suse-kde. When I log in as a normal user, the desktop icons are always moved around. I put them back, but when I log out and back in, they always return to the same places, sort of scattered about the desktop. How can I fix this? SuSE 8.0, KDE3. -- =========================================================== Glenn Holmer (gholmer@ameritech.net) ----------------------------------------------------------- Performing music well is a matter of distorting the score to produce the desired illusion, namely the existence of the score in a pure state. ----------------------------------------------------------- -Shadow, 1975 ===========================================================
On Tuesday 30 April 2002 03:40 am, Glenn Holmer wrote:
I'm posting here because I haven't had an answer on kde-linux or suse-kde. When I log in as a normal user, the desktop icons are always moved around. I put them back, but when I log out and back in, they always return to the same places, sort of scattered about the desktop. How can I fix this? SuSE 8.0, KDE3.
That's not the way it happens for me. I can't uncheck the option in Control Center>Look & Feel>Desktop to "Align Icons Vertically On Desktop." Every time I do so it reverts back. Then every time I make any change on the desktop like changing wallpapers, all the icons align on the left side of the screen. On the other hand, logging out and back in is no problem, like it is for you. -- Bryce Hardy (Santa Rosa, CA) brycehdy@sonic.net --->>>"Arbeit Macht Nicht So Frei!"<<<---
On Tuesday 30 April 2002 15:42, Bryce Hardy wrote: --->>>"Arbeit Macht Nicht So Frei!"<<<--- Can I just say that's an extremely tasteless sig
On Tuesday 30 April 2002 06:45 am, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Tuesday 30 April 2002 15:42, Bryce Hardy wrote: --->>>"Arbeit Macht Nicht So Frei!"<<<---
Can I just say that's an extremely tasteless sig
Yes, and I'm sorry to have offended you. The meaning of it to me is that of a rejection of the original phrase, which was used to mean "Work will make you free." (I'm a loading-dock worker in a department store, in case that helps...). If it doesn't come off as the kind of ironic humor it was meant to be, I apologize, and will not use it any more, especially on lists with a lot of Europeans. Thanks for pointing it out. -- Bryce Hardy (Santa Rosa, CA) brycehdy@sonic.net --->>>"Non-Offensive Sig In Formation"<<<---
Bryce Hardy wrote:
On Tuesday 30 April 2002 03:40 am, Glenn Holmer wrote:
I'm posting here because I haven't had an answer on kde-linux or suse-kde. When I log in as a normal user, the desktop icons are always moved around. I put them back, but when I log out and back in, they always return to the same places, sort of scattered about the desktop. How can I fix this? SuSE 8.0, KDE3.
That's not the way it happens for me. I can't uncheck the option in Control Center>Look & Feel>Desktop to "Align Icons Vertically On Desktop." Every time I do so it reverts back. Then every time I make any change on the desktop like changing wallpapers, all the icons align on the left side of the screen. On the other hand, logging out and back in is no problem, like it is for you.
Actually something like that is happening as well... somebody suggested that I should uncheck that, and I can't, just like you describe. But my icons are not aligned on the left! I am desperate for a solution, and am seriously considering switching to Gnome over this issue. For me it's a total show-stopper, after using KDE for four years. -- =========================================================== Glenn Holmer (gholmer@ameritech.net) ----------------------------------------------------------- Performing music well is a matter of distorting the score to produce the desired illusion, namely the existence of the score in a pure state. ----------------------------------------------------------- -Shadow, 1975 ===========================================================
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 20:40, Glenn Holmer wrote:
I'm posting here because I haven't had an answer on kde-linux or suse-kde. When I log in as a normal user, the desktop icons are always moved around. I put them back, but when I log out and back in, they always return to the same places, sort of scattered about the desktop. How can I fix this? SuSE 8.0, KDE3.
Hold the shift button down when you move them. Regards, Jasmine - -- Jasmine Davis - Photo Girl www.photo-girl.com Registered Linux User 218292 - -------------------------->> Welcome to Suse Linux 7.1 i686 - Kernel 2.4.2-4 hotgirls login: 5:28pm up 6 days, 3:19, 2 users, load average: 0.09, 0.08, 0.11 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQA/AwUBPM+Zfp9cx8IodPsDEQJg7ACgn8QTDQoHRYYO8QFFISzKc7Hg3r4AoLPD WejfT3cN3AF4BezZ0IfBwWC1 =AgNh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Jasmine Davis wrote:
Hold the shift button down when you move them.
Doesn't seem possible to move just one icon that way, adjacent icons get selected as well. -- =========================================================== Glenn Holmer (gholmer@ameritech.net) ----------------------------------------------------------- Performing music well is a matter of distorting the score to produce the desired illusion, namely the existence of the score in a pure state. ----------------------------------------------------------- -Shadow, 1975 ===========================================================
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 1 May 2002 19:34, Glenn Holmer wrote:
Jasmine Davis wrote:
Hold the shift button down when you move them.
Doesn't seem possible to move just one icon that way, adjacent icons get selected as well.
Click on and hold the icon before pressing the shift button, if you click & release the icon, the program will open, or as you have found, if you press the shift first, it will select multiple icons. It has worked for me in both KDE2 & KDE3. Jasmine - -- Jasmine Davis - Photo Girl www.photo-girl.com Registered Linux User 218292 - -------------------------->> Welcome to Suse Linux 7.1 i686 - Kernel 2.4.2-4 hotgirls login: 2:20pm up 7 days, 11 min, 2 users, load average: 0.70, 0.62, 0.61 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQA/AwUBPNC/d59cx8IodPsDEQIyIQCgv35KQYuJ884YIOYU00MNcPKqtTsAniOb YRtOC12gU0G63JihThu5VHXH =lnos -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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