Position of Desktop Icons KDE 3.1.1
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 ---------------------------------------------------------- Diplom-Informatiker (FH) Cosinex GmbH Otto-Seeling-Str. 2 D- 58455 Witten ---------------------------------------------------------- e-mail: Holger.Winkler@cosinex.com http://www.cosinex.com ---------------------------------------------------------- Diese E-Mail enthält möglicherweise vertrauliche und / oder rechtlich geschützte Informationen. Sie ist ausschließlich für die adressierte Person oder Organisation bestimmt. Personen oder Organisationen, für die diese Information nicht bestimmt ist, ist es nicht gestattet, diese zu lesen, erneut zu übertragen, zu verbreiten, anderweitig zu verwenden oder sich durch sie veranlasst sehen, Maßnahmen irgendwelcher Art zu ergreifen. Sollten Sie diese E-Mail irrtümlich erhalten haben, bitten wir Sie, sich mit dem Absender in Verbindung zu setzen und die Informationen von Ihrem Rechner zu löschen. Wir weisen darauf hin, dass - auch wenn wir über das Internet mittels E-Mail mit Ihnen korrespondieren - allein die von uns unterzeichnete schriftlich Fassung eines Dokumentes verbindlich ist. Über das Internet versendete Nachrichten können mit und ohne Zutun von Dritten verloren gehen, verändert oder verfälscht werden. Herkömmliche E-Mails sind auch nicht gegen den Zugriff von Dritten geschützt und deshalb ist auch die Vertraulichkeit unter Umständen nicht gewährt. Aus diesem Grund haften wir nicht für die Unversehrtheit von E-Mails, nachdem sie unseren Herrschaftsbereich verlassen haben, und können Ihnen einen möglicherweise hieraus entstehenden Schaden nicht ersetzen. Sollte trotz der von uns verwendeten aktuellen Virus-Schutz-Programme durch die Zusendung von E-Mails ein Virus in Ihr System gelangen, haften wir nicht für eventuell hieraus entstehende Schäden. Dieser Haftungsausschluss gilt nur soweit gesetzlich zulässig. Sollten weitere Probleme bei der Übermittlung dieser E-Mail aufgetaucht sein oder Sie Rückfragen haben, wenden Sie sich bitte an Herrn Martin Heimann (Tel.: 02302-282 44 44). This e-mail may contain confidential and / or privileged material. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender and delete the information from any computer. We draw your attention to the fact that even if we correspond with you via the Internet per e-mail the written version signed by us is the only authoritative version. Messages sent via the Internet can be lost, changed or falsified, with or without any interference by third persons which and, therefore, their confidentiality may not be assured in certain circumstances. For this reason we cannot be responsible for the integrity of e-mails after they have left our sphere of control. We shall not, therefore, indemnify you for any damages resulting out of these circumstances. If, despite our use of current anti-virus software, a virus enters your systems in connection with the sending of the e-mail, you may not hold us liable for any damages that may possibly arise in that connection. We will accept liability which by law we cannot exclude. If there have occurred any further problems while delivering this e-mail, or if you have any questions, please contact Mr. Martin Heimann (Tel +49 (0)2302 282 44 44).
Am Donnerstag, 3. April 2003 15:31 schrieb Holger Winkler:
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
This is really interesting, since SuSE 8.2 IMHO doesn't ship yet... Did you only make a standard installation? Perhaps yous should log out, take a terminal console to log in as the user again and delete the file ~/KDesktop/.directory Then log into kde again, position your icons and log-out and in again to check if that solved the problem. Daniel
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
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...
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: (snip)
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 ******************* For all those looking for a solution to this problem, it just showed up on the regular SLE list. I repost it here and thanks to Ben for his answer! Patrick --------------------------- * Basil Chupin (blchupin@tpg.com.au) [030424 23:06]: ->I like the icons on my desktop to be in a particular order. -> ->Everytime I arrange them in that order, and align them "to the grid", ->after a restart or reboot SuSE _INSISTS_ that they be placed in the ->order _IT_ decides I should have them in! -> ->It has finally given me a small concession by allowing some icons to ->remain where I want them but the rest are placed where SuSE dictates. -> ->Didin't have this location problem in any of the earlier versions of ->Pro 've been running. -> ->Does anyone know how I can bend SuSE 8.2 to _my_ wishes? Yes, you should highlight the icons and copy them to your home directory then kill susewatcher from the systray. You can then copy the .desktop (icons) files into ~/Desktop which will preserve your icons. You should then be able to do what you like when you like with them. It seems that susewatcher likes to screw with the icons on the desktop. If you don't copy them to another location then the desktop before killing susewatcher then it will take the icons with it. It's a bug. There is an sdb article on it on the suse.de site. It's rather annoying but fixable. -- Ben Rosenberg ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org Tell me what you believe.. I'll tell you what you should see. ----------------------------- -- --- KMail v1.5.9.1i --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.2 --- Registered Linux User #225206 On any other day, that might seem strange...
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
Copy all the icons (right-click on each) and copy them firstly to your home directory to back them up; and then copy them into the /home/Desktop directory. After this look on the systray, bottom righthand side and you will see (most likely, unless with you have already messed with it) a green ball with a lower case "i" in it. This is the new SuSEwatch thingie introduced in SuSE v8.2. Right click on it and QUIT it. Doing so will wipe off the desktop the icons it originally created but because you have copied them to /home/Desktop they are not lost. After this you the icons will behave as they did in v8.1 et alia. (There is a bug in this SuSEwatch thingie which is causing the problem with the icons.)
BTW, when you copy the icons into the /home/Desktop directory you will end up with 2 copies of them on your desktop until you quit/delete the SuSEwatch button on the systray after which you will have a single copy to play with. -- Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. Pablo Picasso
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