[Novalug] Ubuntu 8.04 - wallpaper and desktop items have disappeared

Joseph Brinkley brinkley.joseph@gmail.com
Wed Jul 2 08:47:53 EDT 2008


I had that problem one.

Easy to solve boot up in recovery mode fix your wall paper and it worked
like that for me.

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 8:29 AM, Jim Ide <jimsmaillists@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I am using Ubuntu 8.04.
>
> I was fiddling around with changing wallpaper, and I have broken
> the desktop somehow.  When I log in, none of the items on my desktop
> are visible, and no wallpaper is displayed.  The files and directories
> are still present, but they are not being displayed on the desktop.
>
> If I select System | Preferences | Appearance from the menu, the
> Appearance Preference window opens for a half-second and then
> closes before I can see or change anything.
>
> Any ideas about how to fix this?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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-Joseph Brinkley
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