Desktop folder still has icons, but I lose them, and wallpaper on desktop.

[jeramyeggs]

Alright, so I was hoping I wouldn't be posting in here again so soon, but I am have a problem stated in the title. I am not sure what it is causing it. I have googled for an hour, but couldn't find a thread that described thus problem exactly. I haven't upgraded anything, though I did instal some packages. Any help would be great.

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[dmeyer]

Don't delete anything called ".directory"! Thats a mistake a lot of people make.

Now. Are you running off a live usb or an installed disk? Give us details about your install namely Kubuntu and KDE version plus a little history like migrated from one pc to another. What applications did you install?

[jeramyeggs]

Thanks for responding dmeyer. I am running on a installed disk. Dual booting with windows 8. Fresh Install. The versions are listed in my signature. Complete newb when it comes to Linux. I have installed Nvidia driver 304.64. I altered it in the fact that i enabled composite in Kate to allow desktop effects. Running a few effects as well. Installed pulse audio, and configured it, and phonon to allow audio through hdmi. Installed wine, haven't used along with playonlinux. Installed chrome. Installed rhythmbox, and vlc. Installed recordmydesktop. Changed desktop, and curser themes. Updated last night with security updates in hopes that it wouldn't hurt anything. That is about as far as i have got with this. The icons, wallpaper, and widgets are sticking as of right now. Have had a couple of instances of not shutting down, or restarting without using terminal. If there is anything else i should list, let me know. I am really enjoying it so far, but like i said, i am completely new to linux. I recognize the file structure from android, and understand it for the most part, just want to get it set up correctly so i can ditch Windows 8. Thanks

[dmeyer]

Have you done a lot of configuration? You could logout and the drop to a tty then try

mv ~/.kde/share/config ~/.kde/share/config_old

Log back in then. See if that helped at all. If you have an issue with permissions it might explain the cause of the problem Obviously then just repeat the command with sudo.

[jeramyeggs]

Edit Thanks, will do when I get home on a couple of hours thanks.
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[sithlord48]

if you have file permission problems then you should NOT MOVE the file again. you should instead chown your home folder back to your user. with a command like

sudo chown -R USERNAME:USERGROUP /home/USERNAME

please note: username and usergroup are usually the same.

that command will be sure that all files in your home folder belong to your user.

every file in your home folder should be yours. on a unix like system each user has their own configuration files in their home folder. if you can't write to your home directory then you can't save your settings.

[dmeyer]

if you have file permission problems then you should NOT MOVE the file again. you should instead chown your home folder back to your user. with a command like

sudo chown -R USERNAME:USERGROUP /home/USERNAME

please note: username and usergroup are usually the same.

that command will be sure that all files in your home folder belong to your user.

every file in your home folder should be yours. on a unix like system each user has their own configuration files in their home folder. if you can't write to your home directory then you can't save your settings.

This is definitely the more correct approach. I just thought that maybe only the config files were the wrong permission as he hasn't really complained about other issues.

[jeramyeggs]

Well guys, like I said, I am completely new, and it was a very newb mistake. I clicked on activity manager, and changed from desktop to photos, and that's how everything disappeared. I didn't even realize I did it..Since then, I have downloaded the user guide, and promise to read, and reread it before ever posting another help thread. I fought for days trying to get my graphics card to play nice, along with audio, and was afraid I messed with settings I shouldn't have. Though I learn from all of the good advice, I need to test the waters before diving head first into a rock. I started this journey to try and compile cm roms, and some custom stuff for android. I thought since I knew so much about it, that this would be easy to pick up. I can't put it down, but I keep getting bit from my own ignorance. I am going to hold off on the android stuff, and learn what I am doing here before progressing. It is nice knowing that you guys provide such great help, and interest in helping dumb people like me. Thanks to both of you.

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[vinnywright]

I started this journey to try and compile cm roms, and some custom stuff for android. I thought since I knew so much about it, that this would be easy to pick up. I can't put it down, but I keep getting bit from my own ignorance. I am going to hold off on the android stuff, and learn what I am doing here before progressing. It is nice knowing that you guys provide such great help, and interest in helping dumb people like me. Thanks to both of you.

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when you get around to the Android stuff search for the android-sdk linux install guides on the android site and folow them then install the eclipse ver. from your package manager and you will have a nice development environment
I had it going on my Kubuntu-12.04 install for the adb shell to facilitate rooting a HTC-G1 ,,,,,,, however a problem with a PPA I used (xorg.edgers) and removed with ppa-purge also removed eclipse and I have never gotten around to fixing it ....LOL

VINNY