'Re: [kde-linux] Help with Moving Icons, Please'

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List:       kde-linux
Subject:    Re: [kde-linux] Help with Moving Icons, Please
From:       AndyLiebman () aol ! com
Date:       2004-07-16 16:43:03
Message-ID: 1d6.26431173.2e2997d7 () aol ! com
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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. :-(

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<DIV>Thanks for your reply. It was partially helpful. What is the "RMB context \
menu?"</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>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). </DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>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. </DIV> \
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>Andy Liebman</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>tyrerj@acm.org writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px \
solid"><FONT face=Arial>Do you have the icons aligned to a grid.&nbsp; If so, doing \
it again with the RMB<BR>context menu might help.<BR><BR>This information is stored \
in the file:<BR><BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; \
$HOME/.kde/share/apps/kdesktop/IconPositions<BR><BR>Make sure that the permissions \
for this file are: 600, and that the permissions<BR>of the directory:<BR><BR>&nbsp; \
&nbsp; .kde/share/apps/kdesktop<BR><BR>are: 700<BR><BR>If that is OK, then try \
renaming the file.&nbsp; Using the date as an extension is a<BR>good idea (e.g. \
IconPositions.20040716).&nbsp; I keep one of these in case of<BR>problems.&nbsp; Then \
after you rename the file and see if you get a new<BR>file: "IconPositions" when you \
log out and log back in.<BR><BR>If so, that should fix it.<BR><BR>If not, then you \
have some serious problem. :-(</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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