Other Help Topics :: removing desktop icons...i searched

i'm trying to remove some of the desktop icons, i searched this forum and found the /home/dsl/.xtdesktop thread, so basically i deleted the files from my .xtdesktop directory that i didn't want (for example, beaver.gif and beaver.lnk)

i then added a line to my filetool.lst that reads: home/dsl/.xtdesktop

this doesn't seem to work, because on restart my desktop is back to normal. Does it matter when in filetool.lst i put the reference to the desktop? or is there another solution for this?

thanks,
Phillip

DSL uses xdm, right?
type 'ps x' in a term and look for the number next to xdm. then, type 'kill ' and the number. Then, look for a boot script or something that makes xdm start up and delete the line that does it.

hope that helps somewhat.

i don't think DSL uses xdm...

the 2 reasons i think that, is i can't find it in the process list like you said, and if my understanding is correct (big chance it's not) it uses fluxbox instead of xdm...

btw, been fuxting around with filetool.lst, doesn't matter where the .xtdesktop line is placed, still doesn't work...made sure it wasn't a typo etc. etc.

thanks anyway,
phillip

xdm doesn't exist in DSL. xdm is a graphical session manager which is basically pointless in a 'damn small' system. The only reason you automatically boot into a grapical system in DSL is because 'startx' is in bash_profile.

It doesn't really matter what you put in filetool.lst if you aren't backing up your system. filetool.lst is just a list of files used when you do the backup/restore process. If you boot from a liveCD with no backups available, you'll get the same thing every time.

thanks for the info...

i'm booting off of a usb pendrive, so i'm doing a backup/restore to that. other settings (like the .fluxbox/init) stay changed, not sure why this one doesn't...

oh well, gonna keep plugging away...

thanks,
phillip

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