Files missing on Desktop...Linux?

Question

Hi,
I am using RHEL 4.5 GNOME. Some of the files which are saved on Desktop cannot to seen on Desktop, whereas they can be viewed and accessed thru terminal.
Have checked the path, both shows the same thing. Probably no issue with the permission as well...
The user is a "nis user".
This issue is NOT with a single machine, it is observed in many.
Till now, I have come across this crap only with PDF and DOC files.

Thanks

Answer 1

when you look at your desktop in the terminal... the files you see; do they have a "." in front of them? If so these files are marked to be hidden. remove the dot and they should appear back on your desktop again.

Answer 2

Try asking on some Linux forums.



If it's a reproducible bug, you can submit a bug report to RedHat. RHEL is enterprise-grade Linux which should be more reliable and better supported than consumer grade like Ubuntu.

(the downside is that it doesn't have the latest libraries and sometimes it's hard to get the latest consumer apps like video players to install or compile, or to find the latest goodies compiled as RPMs - but check out the EPEL repository)



I don't use the desktop graphically so I haven't seen this behaviour. I'd suggest re-checking the file and folder permissions to make sure the desktop owner can read the files.

Answer 3

Hi Kiran

some of these lesser known distro have some issues which are sometimes almost impossible to resolve that is why the more popular and older versions are used as they have had all the bugs sorted.Mistakes have been made when compiling some of these distro's

so maybe a more well known type would be a better idea like suse supported by Novell or the ubuntu which seems to hold one of the top spots.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

you are logged in as root your desktop in /roor/desktop

as a another user go to /home/user name/desktop

if there are no files preview in desktop check in trash folder