[Trisquel-users] No Desktop or Home Folder Access

[ancientorderoflonghairs]

A little history:  A few months back I got "cloud cover" -a white sheet of  
blankness-- over my desktop at startup.  I'd hit the Home button--a minor  
inconvenience-- on the panel, the "cloud cover" would disappear, my desktop  
icons would appear, as would the home folder.

A few weeks ago after making some adjustments to the panel, the panel  
disappeared at startup.  A hassle.  But I had a keyboard short cut to my home  
folder and I discovered how to access apps via Terminal.  So I was OK.  After  
a week or so the panel came back.  I again tried panel adjustments and it  
disappeared again and again it came back in about a week.

Now: My desktop is permanently "cloud covered".  I have the panel but the  
home folder button gets me nothing.  I can access applications from the  
Trisquel panel button and from there I have application access to my folders  
but I can't get to a page with just folder contents to do the usual drag and  
drop or icon perusal.

So the question is:  1) Is there a terminal command to get my panel home  
button running and/or get access to my home folder?  and 2) Is there,  
likewise, a means to get access to my desktop and it's folders.