[wellylug] Still getting used to this GUI thang!

Cliff Pratt enkidu at cliffp.com
Tue Dec 6 22:23:45 NZDT 2005


Grant McLean wrote:
> Hi Cliff
> 
> On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 18:54 +1300, Cliff Pratt wrote:
> 
>> When I boot up and sign in the icons line up neatly on the left
>> hand side of the desktop, *except* for the icon for my USB drive
>> which overlays others. Has anyone got any clues for me?
> 
> If you move the icon to a specific place (e.g.: on the right), does
> it reappear there next time you plug it in?  That's what happens on
> my system.  The fact that Gnome/Nautilus is remembering the position
> is possibly what's causing the overlaying effect.
> 
> Another thing to check is if you right click the desktop, is "Keep 
> Aligned" checked?  Playing with that setting might give you different
>  behaviour.
> 
I tried "Keep Aligned" both on and off, and it didn't seem to make any 
difference. More testing is indicated!

Cheers,

Cliff




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