On Thursday 24 April 2003 19:41, Michael wrote:
On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 02:31:48PM +0100, Holger Winkler wrote:
Hello
I place my shortcuts on the Desktop, but when I login for the next time, all icons are misplaced. How can I save my session, so all icons remain in the position I prefer ?
SuSE 8.2 prof. KDE 3.1.1
with best regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Holger Winkler
Salut,
I have some difficulties with misplaced icons on the KDE-Desktop, as well; and while I couldn't find any further information (where can I find them?) I tried several things on my own - with the following results:
1. When starting a KDE-session (with the beginning of the last step, called: "Restore session") the icons are placed on the Desktop according to ~/Desktop/.directory; that means the icons are placed in the same way as I arranged them during the last session.
2. The starting-process of the KDE-session is finished (at the end of "Restore Session") with a command like "dcop kdesktop KDesktopIface lineupIcons" (probably the same as DesktopMenu -> Icons -> Align to grid); therefore all the icons are arranged according to an invisible grid.
3. The hight of the rows of this grid is not fix; it depends on the hight of the icons and their titles. The highest icon defines the hight of all rows.
That's why the alignment of the icons may suddenly change at the end of the "Restore session"-process: Perhaps I have stored the long link to an interesting website on the desktop (by dragging it from the browser to the desktop). At first this will have no greater consequences; but as soon as I start a new KDE-session the icons will be aligned to a grid with higher rows and therefore perhaps with quite another sequence.
My question: Is there any possiblity to configure the start-process of KDE so that the automatic alignment of the Desktop-icons is omitted?
Thanks in advance!
Michael
I too would like to find an answer to this problem. Icons seem to have a mind of their own and never stay where they are put. Actually some do and some don't, but it would be nice to see them in their places when you come back to KDE. If anyone finds a solution to this anomaly, I would certainly love to read it! :o) Patrick -- --- KMail v1.5.9.1i --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.2 --- Registered Linux User #225206 On any other day, that might seem strange...