Thanks for your reply. It was partially helpful. What is the "RMB context menu?"

I tried copying the IconPositions file to a new location, then deleting it. KDE builds a new one, but with the same problems. The icons still won't stay where I put them after a reboot (after logout and log on , yes).

Just for fun, I tried to make the IconPositions file read only -- so that KDE wouldn't overwrite them after rebooting. It seems to work. But is it dangerous, do you think? I suppose it just means that any folders created on the desktop won't be there after a reboot? I don't really know. I'm going to test it now.

Andy Liebman

tyrerj@acm.org writes:

Do you have the icons aligned to a grid. If so, doing it again with the RMB
context menu might help.

This information is stored in the file:

$HOME/.kde/share/apps/kdesktop/IconPositions

Make sure that the permissions for this file are: 600, and that the permissions
of the directory:

.kde/share/apps/kdesktop

are: 700

If that is OK, then try renaming the file. Using the date as an extension is a
good idea (e.g. IconPositions.20040716). I keep one of these in case of
problems. Then after you rename the file and see if you get a new
file: "IconPositions" when you log out and log back in.

If so, that should fix it.

If not, then you have some serious problem. :-(