Toast your gnome and gconf directories and let them rebuild? On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > Craig, > > Thanks. I actually rebooted the machine after apt-get upgrade and that is > when the problem occurred. I then shutdown the machine and started it up > again and the problem persisted. > > I looked in /var/log for a gnome log, but I don't see anything. Dmesg > doesn't show any errors that I can see. Where does gnome write error > messages? > > Thanks again! > > Mark > > On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Craig White wrote: > >> On Sat, 2009-06-20 at 17:48 -0700, Mark Phillips wrote: >> > I am running Debian testing on my laptop. Just completed a routine >> > apt-get update apt-get upgrade, and now all my desktop icons are gone >> > and every time I access the menus (Applications, Places, System) the >> > upper and lower menu bars disappear and then come back. I am writing >> > this email in a browser window, so once an application is launched it >> > seems to work OK. >> > >> > >> > I have no idea where to start debugging this problem. Any suggestions >> > are welcome! >> > >> > Mark >> > >> > P.S. I am running gnome, not KDE. Also, I cannot right click on the >> > desktop - nothing happens. >> ---- >> if one of the core libraries for gnome has changed, you might need to >> log out and log back in again. >> >> Craig >> >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- James McPhee jmcphe@gmail.com