On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:58:38 -0400 "S. Fishpaste" <s...@deer-in-the-headlights.ca.invalid> wrote:
> Hi All; > > I have a strange issue. When I run Gnome I have a nice desktop with my trash > icon etc., on the desktop. Gnome is too heavy for my resource limited laptop > so I much prefer to use a lighter window manager. > > But when I start up or switch to XFce4, I'm left without a "desktop", just > the application dock on a coloured background, which I can't seem to change. > > How do I get XFce to start-up with the desktop showing when the user logs in? > The XFce settings panel has a configuration option, however when I use a > desktop picture or change icons nothing shows. I'm thinking that XFce isn't > starting up in the right directory, but I'm at a loss on how to change that. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks. > > Check if you are running Thunar (the desktop/filesystem manager) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org