<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body ><div>I would try removing/backing up .desktop in your home directory or perhaps even trying a different user all together.</div><div><br></div><div>I have seen strange stuff like this over the years and it has typically been the dot files in my hone directory.</div><div><br></div><div>Scott M</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:8px;color:#575757">Enviado desde mi Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone</div></div><br><br><div>-------- Mensaje original --------</div><div>De: Tom Hanlon <tom@functionalmedia.com> </div><div>Fecha:08/01/2014 01:44 AM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>A: colug mailing list <colug-432@colug.net> </div><div>Asunto: Re: [colug-432] Lost all my dekstop icons, centos 6.5 </div><div><br></div>More info<br><br>When I log in to a terminal and run startx, this is the output.<br><br>xauth: creating new authority file /home/train/.serverauth.4027<br><br><br>X.Org X Server 1.13.0<br>Release Date: 2012-09-05<br>X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0<br>Build Operating System: c6b9 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64<br>Current Operating System: Linux sandbox.hortonworks.com<br>2.6.32-431.5.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Feb 12 00:41:43 UTC 2014 x86_64<br>Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_sandbox-lv_root rd_NO_LUKS<br>rd_LVM_LV=vg_sandbox/lv_root LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd_NO_MD<br>SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 crashkernel=128M rd_NO_DM KEYBOARDTYPE=pc<br>KEYTABLE=us rd_LVM_LV=vg_sandbox/lv_swap quiet consoleblank=0<br>Build Date: 20 December 2013 12:09:45PM<br>Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.13.0-23.1.el6.centos<br>Current version of pixman: 0.26.2<br> Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.centos.org/Documentation<br> to make sure that you have the latest version.<br>Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,<br> (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,<br> (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.<br>(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Jul 31 22:43:06 2014<br>(==) Using default built-in configuration (39 lines)<br>Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension<br>Initializing built-in extension SHAPE<br>Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM<br>Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension<br>Initializing built-in extension XTEST<br>Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS<br>Initializing built-in extension SYNC<br>Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD<br>Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC<br>Initializing built-in extension SECURITY<br>Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA<br>Initializing built-in extension XFIXES<br>Initializing built-in extension RENDER<br>Initializing built-in extension RANDR<br>Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE<br>Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE<br>Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER<br>Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER<br>Initializing built-in extension RECORD<br>Initializing built-in extension DPMS<br>Initializing built-in extension X-Resource<br>Initializing built-in extension XVideo<br>Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation<br>Initializing built-in extension SELinux<br>Initializing built-in extension XFree86-VidModeExtension<br>Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DGA<br>Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DRI<br>Initializing built-in extension DRI2<br>Loading extension GLX<br>gnome-session[4065]: WARNING: Unable to find provider 'metacity' of<br>required component 'windowmanager'<br>gnome-session[4065]: WARNING: Unable to find provider 'gnome-panel' of<br>required component 'panel'<br>gnome-session[4065]: WARNING: Unable to find provider 'nautilus' of<br>required component 'filemanager'<br>GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET=/tmp/keyring-oJOphz/socket<br>SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-oJOphz/socket.ssh<br>GNOME_KEYRING_PID=4078<br><br>(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:4100): GLib-GObject-WARNING **:<br>cannot register existing type `_PolkitError'<br><br>(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:4100): GLib-CRITICAL **:<br>g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed<br>** Message: applet now removed from the notification area<br><br>(gpk-update-icon:4095): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not find the icon<br>'pk-update-normal'. The 'hicolor' theme<br>was not found either, perhaps you need to install it.<br>You can get a copy from:<br> http://icon-theme.freedesktop.org/releases<br><br>** (gnome-settings-daemon:4081): CRITICAL **: setup_bg: assertion<br>`manager->priv->bg == NULL' failed<br><br><br>On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 1:00 AM, Tom Hanlon <tom@functionalmedia.com> wrote:<br>> Colug,<br>><br>> I lost all my desktop icons.<br>><br>> I get the gdm(?) login screen, I login and I<br>><br>> What files are keeping the desktop from showing anything ?<br>> No panel, no icons, just a background and a cursor.<br>><br>> I have tried more than a few things like uninstalling and<br>> re-installing the desktop.<br>><br>> Still nothing.<br>><br>> Has anyone been there ? Any advice.<br>><br>> Centos 6.5<br>><br>> Desktop originally installed with<br>> yum -y groupinstall Desktop<br>><br>> But since it broke, I tried quite a few yum commands to try and clean<br>> whatever file was leading to no panel, no taskbar no nothing.<br>><br>> I must say if feels like the 90's again. Am I going to have to hand<br>> edit an Xconfig file ?<br>><br>> --<br>> Tom<br>_______________________________________________<br>colug-432 mailing list<br>colug-432@colug.net<br>http://lists.colug.net/mailman/listinfo/colug-432<br></body>