Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with desktop background and items

2016-05-13 Thread mnaus
Then the only thing I can suggest to try at this point is creating a new user and seeing if things work as a new user. If it does, that will help troubleshoot what to do with your current user.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with desktop background and items

2016-05-13 Thread dguthrie
Is your image on a removable drive? The drive won't be mounted automatically, usually, so LXDE isn't able to load a background image, hence the blank background. Store the images in your home folder. I usually have them in a folder in ~/Desktop.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with desktop background and items

2016-05-13 Thread dguthrie
> lost the desktop panel It sounds like you have been starting Openbox by mistake. It is a window manager that LXDE uses. Did you select'openbox' in the Trisquel display manager (where you log in)? In the display manager, change it back to LXDE by selecting the icon by your name, and then

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with desktop background and items

2016-05-13 Thread mnaus
Before answering the following list of questions, have you tried the following: Create a new, regular, user. Then log in as that new user. Do you have the same problems as the new user? Just to clarify the details of your system: 0.) "i have copied the home folder via deja dup to

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with desktop background and items

2016-05-13 Thread rhutter
Does anybody have a clue how to solve this? I guess it can be changed in some settings, because i have copied the home folder via deja dup to another computer with Trisquel mini that worked fine before and now it is the same as here.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with desktop background and items

2016-04-15 Thread mnaus
Also, what are the permissions on the jpg files?

[Trisquel-users] Problem with desktop background and items

2016-04-15 Thread rhutter
Hi everybody, since last week's wednesday i have a strange problem. Desktop background is black. I can switch it to whatever picture i have, but after restarting the computer it's black again. And the desktop files are always put in the same order. I can change the order, but after

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with desktop background and items

2016-04-15 Thread mcz
I know Mini runs LXDE, but it may be a similar issue. Maybe this can work: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/151471/desktop-background-appears-black-when-using-xfce There's this that could help as well: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=158852

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with desktop background and items

2016-04-15 Thread rhutter
Now i've messed it up. Current situation: I'v even lost the desktop panel. I can get it with the command lxpanel and then configure it. But after restarting the computer it's gone. And when shutting down via menu i don't get the dialogue with the Trisquel logo but with the Lxde logo. The

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with desktop background and items

2016-04-15 Thread mnaus
Are you sure you are not logging in as a guest? It happens to me sometimes if I didn't turn off the touchpad and I accidentally scroll up to guest from my normal user

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with desktop background and items

2016-04-15 Thread mnaus
Was this one of the stock Trisquel backgrounds? What does the background of your login screen look like?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with desktop background and items

2016-04-15 Thread rhutter
Thanks, but the xfce thing doesn't seem appropriate to me, from the way that it was solved. The other two links are about changing a line in /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart. That line should, according to those old posts for other distros, be: @pcmanfm --desktop In my case it's: @pcmanfm