I have no more desktop!

Asked by MasterRivest

Binary package hint: yelp

I cannot put icons on my deskop anymore. It doesnt show the mounted volumes and a right click doesnt show the menu

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jeremie@jeremie-laptop:~$ nautilus
(nautilus:10323): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jan 5 19:59:12 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: yelp 2.28.0-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: yelp
Tags: ubuntu-unr
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686

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This question was originally filed as bug #503638.

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MasterRivest (djeyjey) said :
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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) said :
#2

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#When%20not%20to%20file%20a%20bug.

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Best wojox (wojox) said :
#3

Try Alt+F2
Type: gconf-editor

Go to Apps -> Nautilus -> Preferences
 - Enable -> Show Desktop

Apps -> Nautilus -> Desktop
- Enable the icons that you want

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MasterRivest (djeyjey) said :
#4

Thanks it worked! :D

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MasterRivest (djeyjey) said :
#5

Thanks wojox, that solved my question.