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Desktop icons disappear - no right click

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Thor333
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Desktop icons disappear - no right click

#1 Post by Thor333 »

Hi guys, new on Linux and MX Linux.

I installed in december 2018, everything was pretty OK. I made some "minor" artistic changes (conky stuff, wallpaper), and then voilà, i lost all my desktop icons (they still exist, i checked on /home/Paac/Desktop/, but they don't appear on my desktop) , my desktop wallpaper, i can't make a right click on the desktop... everything gone but my conky applet.
Reboot has no effect. I tried some stuff (with my desktop options), but nothing seems to have effects.
I check on the internet, people spoke about nautilus (which i installed but do nothing, because the problem was on mint) and some spoke about caja, but it's mint again.

My specs :

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System:    Host: PAAC Kernel: 4.19.0-1-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: N/A 
           Distro: MX-18_x64 Continuum Dec 20  2018 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20AMS1J100 v: ThinkPad X240 
           serial: <root required> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: 20AMS1J100 v: 0B98401 PRO serial: <root required> 
           UEFI [Legacy]: LENOVO v: GIET94WW (2.44 ) date: 09/20/2018 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT1 charge: 8.3 Wh condition: 64.4/71.3 Wh (90%) 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-4300U bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
           L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           Speed: 1297 MHz min/max: 800/2900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1297 2: 1297 3: 1297 
           4: 1297 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: intel resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Mobile v: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.6 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Device-2: Intel 8 Series HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.0-1-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Ethernet I218-LM driver: N/A 
           Device-2: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 7c:7a:91:7f:01:0c 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 119.24 GiB used: 57.40 GiB (48.1%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: THNSNH128GCST size: 119.24 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 9.55 GiB used: 5.46 GiB (57.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
           ID-2: /home size: 107.26 GiB used: 51.94 GiB (48.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 
Info:      Processes: 186 Uptime: 15m Memory: 3.55 GiB used: 1.65 GiB (46.6%) Shell: bash 
           inxi: 3.0.25 

Other problem (maybe) in the same time, about 1 time every 2, my system don't goes to a full stop when asked, everything closes, and it just freezes on the loading bar on the stopping screen. The other half, the bar goes smoothly, and the computer stops. Any ideas?

Thanks!

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dolphin_oracle
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Re: Desktop icons disappear - no right click

#2 Post by dolphin_oracle »

restart xfdesktop

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xfdesktop &
http://www.youtube.com/runwiththedolphin
lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 - MX-23
FYI: mx "test" repo is not the same thing as debian testing repo.

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Thor333
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Re: Desktop icons disappear - no right click

#3 Post by Thor333 »

Thanks for the quick answer Dolphin.

I'm new, so that's what i found about restarting graphical interface, the problem is it's about gnome...

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Method 1 Save all your open files and press Ctrl–Alt–Backspace. It will restart the Gnome instantly in almost no time.
Method 2 If the above shortcut keys does not works for you then open your terminal (Applications > Accesseries > Terminal) and run following command. It will also restart it. sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
Method 3 Open terminal and run following command. killall gnome-panel
I tried only the first one, it changed some stuff, firefox seems to run more smoothly, my desktop is now orange (a color i chose at some point), but still no sign of icons on my desktop or wallpaper or right click...

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dolphin_oracle
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Re: Desktop icons disappear - no right click

#4 Post by dolphin_oracle »

are you running gnome?

When xfce loses its desktop right click and the wallpaper, its usually because xfdesktop has crashed. restarting xfdesktop usually does the trick. which is the command i provided in my post. run it from a terminal.
http://www.youtube.com/runwiththedolphin
lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 - MX-23
FYI: mx "test" repo is not the same thing as debian testing repo.

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Thor333
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Re: Desktop icons disappear - no right click

#5 Post by Thor333 »

No, i'm not on gnome, i have the standard mx linux desktop. But that's what i found on the internet.
When i enter your command, i have :

Paac@PAAC:~
$ xfdesktop &
[1] 15835

And it works! :-) Nice, thanks!

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PatriceLab
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Re: Desktop icons disappear - no right click

#6 Post by PatriceLab »

Just a up to tell that my son's computer had the same problem, no more icons on its desktop and no right click
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xfdesktop &
worked like a charm on my son's computer with MX Linux 19.4
Thanks

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