Re: [SLE] 8.2 icon behavior

From: richard (rick47_at_adelphia.net)
Date: 07/21/03

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Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 10:30:41 -0700

    On Mon July 21 2003 10:11 am, Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote:
    > Good day Richard,
    >
    > Mandag den 21. juli 2003 18:17 kvad richard:
    > > How can I maintain icon location on the Desktop in 8.2?
    > > Each time I login the icons return to their default position on
    > > the side of the desktop.
    >
    > This is the effect of SuSEWatcher -- the little green thingy in the
    > system tray, that looks after new updates.
    > Whenever you log in, it places storage device icons on your desktop on
    > the fly (if they are not in the Desktop folder), and seemingly tells
    > the desktop to arrange its icons.
    >
    > Unfortunately the only cure I have seen so far is this:
    >
    > Open Konq the filemanager and navigate into the Desktop folder.
    > On your desktop, outside Konq, select the storage device icons you
    > want on your desktop, and copy them to the Desktop folder.
    > Close Konq.
    > Click SuSEWatcher and tell it _not_ to start automatically when you
    > log in. I.e. disable SuSEWatcher.
    > Log out and log in.
    > Now you can place your icons where you want them, and they will stay
    > put.
    >
    > SuSEWatcher will be gone, but you can check for new updates manually
    > with YaST2.
    >
    > Best regards :o)
    >
    > Johnny :o)

    Thanks Johnny, that seemed to do the trick. Seems a little backwards, though.
    I did notice that copying icons to the Konq filemanager placed an additional
    copy on the desktop, so in deleting one copy I noticed that the "errant"
    icons had been in the location /tmp/kde-.../desktop-0, or some such, but was
    in /tmp anyway. I deleted the icons from the /tmp... location so there were
    not two copies. Still seems a little convoluted for what should be fairly
    simple desktop behavior. Thanks again for your assistance. Richard 

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