Traci,
Log in as root and click on the KDE Control Center. Try the following
steps:
1. Select the KDE Control Center button
2. Navigate to LookNFeel->General
3. Choose the General tab
4a. Place checkmark next to "Align Icon Vertically on Desktop
4b. Place checkmark next to "Enable Desktop Menu"
5. Under clicks on the desktop, enable the following:
Left button-->No action
Center button-->Windows list menu
Right button-->Desktop menu
6. Click on the Apply and OK buttons
7. Close the Control Center and test your mouse clicks on your desktop.
You should see your menus.
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Roman
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> Traci Collins wrote:
> >
> > Romanator wrote:
> > >
> > > Have you tried right clicking on the desktop and select "application".
> > > You will have the option of selecting the icons for your application by
> > > clicking on the dropdown arrow.
> > > Select Devices. Select the icon and OK.
> > > It's important to note that by default, it will check System first. If
> > > you are looking for icons for the hard drives, select "devices".
> >
> > That is a problem, perhaps part of the same one. When I tried right
> > clicking on the desktop I didn't get any response at all - no context
> > menu. If I right click on the panel I get the panel context menu so I
> > suspect that my right mouse click is being received, but when I right
> > click on the desktop nothing happens. Is there a setting, preferably
> > simple, that would suppress the desktop icons as well as the right
> > mouse button context menus for the desktop?
> >
> > Traci
> >
> > --
> > Traci Collins, MA, CCAI, CCNA
> > Professor of Computer Education
> > Colorado Mountain College
> > http://www.rof.net/wp/tcollins/traci.html
