Files on Desktop

[Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper]

On Fri, 2004-10-08 at 02:02 -0700, Scott Talbot wrote:
> 
> 	Thought I'd throw this out here.  Recently, I noticed that files saved
> to the Desktop do not show up there, either on the display or in the
> File manager.  They can be ls'd in the terminal, but are otherwise
> invisible until the system is re-booted (possibly logout->login, haven't
> tried that).  I can also make them show up by dragging a different file
> to the desktop (that must be triggering a refresh)
> 

I noticed this too the other day--but you don't have to reboot or
logout/login.  you can just killall nautilus, which will cause it to be
restarted.  not a perfect solution, but it's less time-consuming than
rebooting/logging out/in.  =:)  anyone know why nautilus is acting
funky?

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