Comments on: Quick Fix: Black Desktop Background and Lost Icons

By: OmarTrinidad

OmarTrinidad — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 01:39:35 +0000

I solved a similar issue.
But I am using Xubuntu 9.10. I posted the solution in Spanish.

Cheers! :)

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Escritorio Color Negro en Linux (Xubuntu) « Omar's Blog — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 01:02:36 +0000

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By: Randhir

Randhir — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:02:08 +0000

i lost all the icons on desktop. i cannot open pen drive & dvd also. i using centos 5 ….please help me…

By: UbuntuLinuxHelp

UbuntuLinuxHelp — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:54:50 +0000

@Ralph

Maybe there is a permissions issue? Maybe a script changed permissions? Maybe a config file is corrupted?

By: Ralph

Ralph — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:27:55 +0000

Same problem – missing my screen – but also missing icons. I can see the top and bottom gnome panels, and use the Applications menu, as well as the System menu. However, I cannot use the Places menu. I select anything in Places, and the cursor spins for 15″ or so, then reverts to the arrow, but there’s no navigation window. Any clues? Running Ubuntu 9.10 on a Dell Inspiron 1150 laptop.

By: jason

jason — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:52:43 +0000

Reza’s solution is what worked for me as well.

Visual effects > NONE

By: reza

reza — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:27:26 +0000

The mentioned method doesn’t solve the problem on Ubuntu 9.10.
The only way I find after googling, was to turn off the visual effect in Appearance preferences. I don’t know why I am not able to have the visual effect without having that problem.

By: Bala

Bala — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:52:47 +0000

I have same problem ,it worked with
killall nautilus
But during the subsequent login the screen is black again…i was wondering if there is a permanent solution to this problem

By: John

John — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:39:49 +0000

I have a similar problem with 9.10. I can’t see my background or icons unless I switch the login manager to failsafe Gnome. Otherwise it is all black. Your solution for killing nautilus didn’t work.

I have a feeling this is something very simple, but can’t for the life of me figure it out.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:28:54 +0000

searched, found, read, executed, fixed
all less than 10 seconds
Thanks

By: Rebeliant

Rebeliant — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:02:54 +0000

It was Ubuntu Server edition. I installed it many times + Gnome and was fine. At this time not. Just reinstalled to newest CentOS and I’m happy ;-). Thanks for answer.

By: UbuntuLinuxHelp

UbuntuLinuxHelp — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:28:51 +0000

@Rebeliant
Looks like you make have another issue. You don’t have nautilis running or in use?

By: Rebeliant

Rebeliant — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:45:21 +0000

Hi. Just installed Ubuntu 9.04 and manual installed Gnome and I have the same problem:
http://i27.tinypic.com/2vjeres......jpg

I have followed your tips and the output is:
nautilus: no process killed

The screen is still black.

By: UbuntuLinuxHelp

UbuntuLinuxHelp — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:42:36 +0000

@jordanwb

Now your black screen will be fixed. If not, you may be experiencing additional (and other) issues as well (which contribute to the problem.

By: jordanwb

jordanwb — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:06:54 +0000

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ killall nautilus
nautilus: no process killed

Now what?