On Wednesday 02 Apr 2003 11:51 pm, Norman Carver wrote: > Using KDE with 9.1, I have some questions about the new approach for > automatically creating desktop icons for removable devices. I don't care > for how this shows up on my desktop--with each drive having 3 lines of text > like: CD-ROM > mounted on /mnt > /cdrom2 > > This takes up a lot of space since I have a floppy, zip, cdrom, cd burner, > and dvd burner. Furthermore, the cdrom, cd burner, and dvd burner all show > up with identical icons, and can be distinguished only via the mount point. > This is not how I want to remember which is which. So, what can I do > about this? How can I change the names/text and icon for each of the > drives? > > Also, how are these icons being generated? (I haven't tried tracking it > down as of yet.) > Haven't got 9.1 yet, so answer is based on 9.0. First, I would not worry about how they are generated. You can decide later whether to experiment with putting them in a folder on the desktop if that's what you want.
Have you tried right-click on one of the icons, > properties? You should be able to change both the name and the icon there. To change the icon you click on the icon shown and a list of available ones should show up. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302
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