I accidentally used xkill on my desktop - how can I get it back?
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I ran xkill to force quit Chrome, and I clicked my desktop. The icons disappeared.
Is there a command that will get them back? I'd rather not restart.
I'm using GNOME and GDM.
command-line icons xkill
asked Dec 5 '15 at 19:27
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I ran xkill to force quit Chrome, and I clicked my desktop. The icons disappeared.
Is there a command that will get them back? I'd rather not restart.
I'm using GNOME and GDM.
command-line icons xkill
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I ran xkill to force quit Chrome, and I clicked my desktop. The icons disappeared.
Is there a command that will get them back? I'd rather not restart.
I'm using GNOME and GDM.
command-line icons xkill
asked Dec 5 '15 at 19:27
Tim
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I ran xkill to force quit Chrome, and I clicked my desktop. The icons disappeared.
Is there a command that will get them back? I'd rather not restart.
I'm using GNOME and GDM.
command-line icons xkill
command-line icons xkill
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The desktop icons are managed by file browser, on regular running try
$ ps ax | grep nautilus
2464 ? Sl 0:11 nautilus -n
6390 pts/2 S+ 0:00 grep --color=auto nautilus
From man nautilus
-n
--no-default-window
Only create windows for explicitly specified URIs.
In this mode nautilus will not show a window, and it run like a daemon. So for you case use:
nautilus -n & disown
edited Dec 5 '15 at 20:55
kos
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answered Dec 5 '15 at 20:38
user.dz
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In Unity instead of Gnome Desktop, it also works without the-nflag and opening a normal Nautilus window just starts the separate daemon in background as well.
– Byte Commander
Dec 8 '15 at 12:50
add a comment |
up vote
9
down vote
It turns out this can be fixed with Gnome Tweak Tool.
Using xkill on the desktop sometimes turns off the "Icons on Desktop" setting:
Turning this back on fixed it:
If the setting is not turned off, then just turning it off and on again brings them back.
answered Dec 5 '15 at 19:38
Tim
19.5k1483138
Wut ?xkilltoggles show icons settings ? That's quite weird. Desktop should be managed by file browser notgsettings. . . Or maybe Gnome is just werid
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Dec 5 '15 at 19:40
@Serg I guess it's weird :p
– Tim
Dec 5 '15 at 19:40
1
@Serg, this should work too, as all it does it stopsnautilus -nwhich is running in the background when off, and launch it if is on. this handled bygnome-settings-daemonorunity-settings-daemon.
– user.dz
Dec 5 '15 at 20:42
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
All you have to do is open Nautilus and all will be back.
edited Nov 21 at 16:10
Tim
19.5k1483138
answered Dec 5 '15 at 20:54
Doug
411
1
That does not work.
– Tim
Dec 5 '15 at 20:54
1
I don't know how this is on Gnome, but simply launching Nautilus from the launcher ornautilus & disownfrom the terminal solves this problem perfectly well on Unity! @Sneetsher and @Tim
– Byte Commander
Dec 8 '15 at 12:49
@ByteCommander , Excuse me Doug you deserve my up vote. I judged your answer on my own experience using an older release, However I confirm that your answer work as supposed on Ubuntu 15.10 for both Unity & Gnome Shell. Thank you ByteCommander for correcting me.
– user.dz
Dec 9 '15 at 0:24
@Tim , Could you please review this because it seems to depend on the release. If you can mention here in a comment in which release did not work for you. It will be helpful for other users as the question is not for specific release, I think it does not deserve a down vote at least .
– user.dz
Dec 9 '15 at 0:34
@sne the question says gnome, do you mean version?
– Tim
Dec 9 '15 at 9:53
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up vote
0
down vote
The previous answers did not work for me, but this command does for Kubuntu 18.04
kstart plasmashell
I hope this could helps others!
answered Nov 21 at 16:09
Jason Angel
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4 Answers
4
active
oldest
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4 Answers
4
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
11
down vote
accepted
The desktop icons are managed by file browser, on regular running try
$ ps ax | grep nautilus
2464 ? Sl 0:11 nautilus -n
6390 pts/2 S+ 0:00 grep --color=auto nautilus
From man nautilus
-n
--no-default-window
Only create windows for explicitly specified URIs.
In this mode nautilus will not show a window, and it run like a daemon. So for you case use:
nautilus -n & disown
edited Dec 5 '15 at 20:55
kos
25.1k869117
answered Dec 5 '15 at 20:38
user.dz
34.3k1190175
1
In Unity instead of Gnome Desktop, it also works without the-nflag and opening a normal Nautilus window just starts the separate daemon in background as well.
– Byte Commander
Dec 8 '15 at 12:50
add a comment |
up vote
11
down vote
accepted
The desktop icons are managed by file browser, on regular running try
$ ps ax | grep nautilus
2464 ? Sl 0:11 nautilus -n
6390 pts/2 S+ 0:00 grep --color=auto nautilus
From man nautilus
-n
--no-default-window
Only create windows for explicitly specified URIs.
In this mode nautilus will not show a window, and it run like a daemon. So for you case use:
nautilus -n & disown
edited Dec 5 '15 at 20:55
kos
25.1k869117
answered Dec 5 '15 at 20:38
user.dz
34.3k1190175
1
In Unity instead of Gnome Desktop, it also works without the-nflag and opening a normal Nautilus window just starts the separate daemon in background as well.
– Byte Commander
Dec 8 '15 at 12:50
add a comment |
up vote
11
down vote
accepted
up vote
11
down vote
accepted
The desktop icons are managed by file browser, on regular running try
$ ps ax | grep nautilus
2464 ? Sl 0:11 nautilus -n
6390 pts/2 S+ 0:00 grep --color=auto nautilus
From man nautilus
-n
--no-default-window
Only create windows for explicitly specified URIs.
In this mode nautilus will not show a window, and it run like a daemon. So for you case use:
nautilus -n & disown
edited Dec 5 '15 at 20:55
kos
25.1k869117
answered Dec 5 '15 at 20:38
user.dz
34.3k1190175
The desktop icons are managed by file browser, on regular running try
$ ps ax | grep nautilus
2464 ? Sl 0:11 nautilus -n
6390 pts/2 S+ 0:00 grep --color=auto nautilus
From man nautilus
-n
--no-default-window
Only create windows for explicitly specified URIs.
In this mode nautilus will not show a window, and it run like a daemon. So for you case use:
nautilus -n & disown
edited Dec 5 '15 at 20:55
kos
25.1k869117
answered Dec 5 '15 at 20:38
user.dz
34.3k1190175
edited Dec 5 '15 at 20:55
kos
25.1k869117
edited Dec 5 '15 at 20:55
kos
25.1k869117
edited Dec 5 '15 at 20:55
kos
25.1k869117
25.1k869117
answered Dec 5 '15 at 20:38
user.dz
34.3k1190175
answered Dec 5 '15 at 20:38
user.dz
34.3k1190175
answered Dec 5 '15 at 20:38
user.dz
34.3k1190175
34.3k1190175
1
In Unity instead of Gnome Desktop, it also works without the-nflag and opening a normal Nautilus window just starts the separate daemon in background as well.
– Byte Commander
Dec 8 '15 at 12:50
add a comment |
1
In Unity instead of Gnome Desktop, it also works without the-nflag and opening a normal Nautilus window just starts the separate daemon in background as well.
– Byte Commander
Dec 8 '15 at 12:50
1
1
In Unity instead of Gnome Desktop, it also works without the
-n flag and opening a normal Nautilus window just starts the separate daemon in background as well.– Byte Commander
Dec 8 '15 at 12:50
In Unity instead of Gnome Desktop, it also works without the
-n flag and opening a normal Nautilus window just starts the separate daemon in background as well.– Byte Commander
Dec 8 '15 at 12:50
add a comment |
up vote
9
down vote
It turns out this can be fixed with Gnome Tweak Tool.
Using xkill on the desktop sometimes turns off the "Icons on Desktop" setting:
Turning this back on fixed it:
If the setting is not turned off, then just turning it off and on again brings them back.
answered Dec 5 '15 at 19:38
Tim
19.5k1483138
Wut ?xkilltoggles show icons settings ? That's quite weird. Desktop should be managed by file browser notgsettings. . . Or maybe Gnome is just werid
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Dec 5 '15 at 19:40
@Serg I guess it's weird :p
– Tim
Dec 5 '15 at 19:40
1
@Serg, this should work too, as all it does it stopsnautilus -nwhich is running in the background when off, and launch it if is on. this handled bygnome-settings-daemonorunity-settings-daemon.
– user.dz
Dec 5 '15 at 20:42
add a comment |
up vote
9
down vote
It turns out this can be fixed with Gnome Tweak Tool.
Using xkill on the desktop sometimes turns off the "Icons on Desktop" setting:
Turning this back on fixed it:
If the setting is not turned off, then just turning it off and on again brings them back.
answered Dec 5 '15 at 19:38
Tim
19.5k1483138
Wut ?xkilltoggles show icons settings ? That's quite weird. Desktop should be managed by file browser notgsettings. . . Or maybe Gnome is just werid
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Dec 5 '15 at 19:40
@Serg I guess it's weird :p
– Tim
Dec 5 '15 at 19:40
1
@Serg, this should work too, as all it does it stopsnautilus -nwhich is running in the background when off, and launch it if is on. this handled bygnome-settings-daemonorunity-settings-daemon.
– user.dz
Dec 5 '15 at 20:42
add a comment |
up vote
9
down vote
up vote
9
down vote
It turns out this can be fixed with Gnome Tweak Tool.
Using xkill on the desktop sometimes turns off the "Icons on Desktop" setting:
Turning this back on fixed it:
If the setting is not turned off, then just turning it off and on again brings them back.
answered Dec 5 '15 at 19:38
Tim
19.5k1483138
It turns out this can be fixed with Gnome Tweak Tool.
Using xkill on the desktop sometimes turns off the "Icons on Desktop" setting:
Turning this back on fixed it:
If the setting is not turned off, then just turning it off and on again brings them back.
answered Dec 5 '15 at 19:38
Tim
19.5k1483138
edited Dec 5 '15 at 19:42
answered Dec 5 '15 at 19:38
Tim
19.5k1483138
answered Dec 5 '15 at 19:38
Tim
19.5k1483138
answered Dec 5 '15 at 19:38
Tim
19.5k1483138
19.5k1483138
Wut ?xkilltoggles show icons settings ? That's quite weird. Desktop should be managed by file browser notgsettings. . . Or maybe Gnome is just werid
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Dec 5 '15 at 19:40
@Serg I guess it's weird :p
– Tim
Dec 5 '15 at 19:40
1
@Serg, this should work too, as all it does it stopsnautilus -nwhich is running in the background when off, and launch it if is on. this handled bygnome-settings-daemonorunity-settings-daemon.
– user.dz
Dec 5 '15 at 20:42
add a comment |
Wut ?xkilltoggles show icons settings ? That's quite weird. Desktop should be managed by file browser notgsettings. . . Or maybe Gnome is just werid
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Dec 5 '15 at 19:40
@Serg I guess it's weird :p
– Tim
Dec 5 '15 at 19:40
1
@Serg, this should work too, as all it does it stopsnautilus -nwhich is running in the background when off, and launch it if is on. this handled bygnome-settings-daemonorunity-settings-daemon.
– user.dz
Dec 5 '15 at 20:42
Wut ?
xkill toggles show icons settings ? That's quite weird. Desktop should be managed by file browser not gsettings . . . Or maybe Gnome is just werid– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Dec 5 '15 at 19:40
Wut ?
xkill toggles show icons settings ? That's quite weird. Desktop should be managed by file browser not gsettings . . . Or maybe Gnome is just werid– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Dec 5 '15 at 19:40
@Serg I guess it's weird :p
– Tim
Dec 5 '15 at 19:40
@Serg I guess it's weird :p
– Tim
Dec 5 '15 at 19:40
1
1
@Serg, this should work too, as all it does it stops
nautilus -n which is running in the background when off, and launch it if is on. this handled by gnome-settings-daemon or unity-settings-daemon.– user.dz
Dec 5 '15 at 20:42
@Serg, this should work too, as all it does it stops
nautilus -n which is running in the background when off, and launch it if is on. this handled by gnome-settings-daemon or unity-settings-daemon.– user.dz
Dec 5 '15 at 20:42
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
All you have to do is open Nautilus and all will be back.
edited Nov 21 at 16:10
Tim
19.5k1483138
answered Dec 5 '15 at 20:54
Doug
411
1
That does not work.
– Tim
Dec 5 '15 at 20:54
1
I don't know how this is on Gnome, but simply launching Nautilus from the launcher ornautilus & disownfrom the terminal solves this problem perfectly well on Unity! @Sneetsher and @Tim
– Byte Commander
Dec 8 '15 at 12:49
@ByteCommander , Excuse me Doug you deserve my up vote. I judged your answer on my own experience using an older release, However I confirm that your answer work as supposed on Ubuntu 15.10 for both Unity & Gnome Shell. Thank you ByteCommander for correcting me.
– user.dz
Dec 9 '15 at 0:24
@Tim , Could you please review this because it seems to depend on the release. If you can mention here in a comment in which release did not work for you. It will be helpful for other users as the question is not for specific release, I think it does not deserve a down vote at least .
– user.dz
Dec 9 '15 at 0:34
@sne the question says gnome, do you mean version?
– Tim
Dec 9 '15 at 9:53
|
show 6 more comments
up vote
2
down vote
All you have to do is open Nautilus and all will be back.
edited Nov 21 at 16:10
Tim
19.5k1483138
answered Dec 5 '15 at 20:54
Doug
411
1
That does not work.
– Tim
Dec 5 '15 at 20:54
1
I don't know how this is on Gnome, but simply launching Nautilus from the launcher ornautilus & disownfrom the terminal solves this problem perfectly well on Unity! @Sneetsher and @Tim
– Byte Commander
Dec 8 '15 at 12:49
@ByteCommander , Excuse me Doug you deserve my up vote. I judged your answer on my own experience using an older release, However I confirm that your answer work as supposed on Ubuntu 15.10 for both Unity & Gnome Shell. Thank you ByteCommander for correcting me.
– user.dz
Dec 9 '15 at 0:24
@Tim , Could you please review this because it seems to depend on the release. If you can mention here in a comment in which release did not work for you. It will be helpful for other users as the question is not for specific release, I think it does not deserve a down vote at least .
– user.dz
Dec 9 '15 at 0:34
@sne the question says gnome, do you mean version?
– Tim
Dec 9 '15 at 9:53
|
show 6 more comments
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
All you have to do is open Nautilus and all will be back.
edited Nov 21 at 16:10
Tim
19.5k1483138
answered Dec 5 '15 at 20:54
Doug
411
All you have to do is open Nautilus and all will be back.
edited Nov 21 at 16:10
Tim
19.5k1483138
answered Dec 5 '15 at 20:54
Doug
411
edited Nov 21 at 16:10
Tim
19.5k1483138
edited Nov 21 at 16:10
Tim
19.5k1483138
edited Nov 21 at 16:10
Tim
19.5k1483138
19.5k1483138
answered Dec 5 '15 at 20:54
Doug
411
answered Dec 5 '15 at 20:54
Doug
411
answered Dec 5 '15 at 20:54
Doug
411
411
1
That does not work.
– Tim
Dec 5 '15 at 20:54
1
I don't know how this is on Gnome, but simply launching Nautilus from the launcher ornautilus & disownfrom the terminal solves this problem perfectly well on Unity! @Sneetsher and @Tim
– Byte Commander
Dec 8 '15 at 12:49
@ByteCommander , Excuse me Doug you deserve my up vote. I judged your answer on my own experience using an older release, However I confirm that your answer work as supposed on Ubuntu 15.10 for both Unity & Gnome Shell. Thank you ByteCommander for correcting me.
– user.dz
Dec 9 '15 at 0:24
@Tim , Could you please review this because it seems to depend on the release. If you can mention here in a comment in which release did not work for you. It will be helpful for other users as the question is not for specific release, I think it does not deserve a down vote at least .
– user.dz
Dec 9 '15 at 0:34
@sne the question says gnome, do you mean version?
– Tim
Dec 9 '15 at 9:53
|
show 6 more comments
1
That does not work.
– Tim
Dec 5 '15 at 20:54
1
I don't know how this is on Gnome, but simply launching Nautilus from the launcher ornautilus & disownfrom the terminal solves this problem perfectly well on Unity! @Sneetsher and @Tim
– Byte Commander
Dec 8 '15 at 12:49
@ByteCommander , Excuse me Doug you deserve my up vote. I judged your answer on my own experience using an older release, However I confirm that your answer work as supposed on Ubuntu 15.10 for both Unity & Gnome Shell. Thank you ByteCommander for correcting me.
– user.dz
Dec 9 '15 at 0:24
@Tim , Could you please review this because it seems to depend on the release. If you can mention here in a comment in which release did not work for you. It will be helpful for other users as the question is not for specific release, I think it does not deserve a down vote at least .
– user.dz
Dec 9 '15 at 0:34
@sne the question says gnome, do you mean version?
– Tim
Dec 9 '15 at 9:53
1
1
That does not work.
– Tim
Dec 5 '15 at 20:54
That does not work.
– Tim
Dec 5 '15 at 20:54
1
1
I don't know how this is on Gnome, but simply launching Nautilus from the launcher or
nautilus & disown from the terminal solves this problem perfectly well on Unity! @Sneetsher and @Tim– Byte Commander
Dec 8 '15 at 12:49
I don't know how this is on Gnome, but simply launching Nautilus from the launcher or
nautilus & disown from the terminal solves this problem perfectly well on Unity! @Sneetsher and @Tim– Byte Commander
Dec 8 '15 at 12:49
@ByteCommander , Excuse me Doug you deserve my up vote. I judged your answer on my own experience using an older release, However I confirm that your answer work as supposed on Ubuntu 15.10 for both Unity & Gnome Shell. Thank you ByteCommander for correcting me.
– user.dz
Dec 9 '15 at 0:24
@ByteCommander , Excuse me Doug you deserve my up vote. I judged your answer on my own experience using an older release, However I confirm that your answer work as supposed on Ubuntu 15.10 for both Unity & Gnome Shell. Thank you ByteCommander for correcting me.
– user.dz
Dec 9 '15 at 0:24
@Tim , Could you please review this because it seems to depend on the release. If you can mention here in a comment in which release did not work for you. It will be helpful for other users as the question is not for specific release, I think it does not deserve a down vote at least .
– user.dz
Dec 9 '15 at 0:34
@Tim , Could you please review this because it seems to depend on the release. If you can mention here in a comment in which release did not work for you. It will be helpful for other users as the question is not for specific release, I think it does not deserve a down vote at least .
– user.dz
Dec 9 '15 at 0:34
@sne the question says gnome, do you mean version?
– Tim
Dec 9 '15 at 9:53
@sne the question says gnome, do you mean version?
– Tim
Dec 9 '15 at 9:53
|
show 6 more comments
up vote
0
down vote
The previous answers did not work for me, but this command does for Kubuntu 18.04
kstart plasmashell
I hope this could helps others!
answered Nov 21 at 16:09
Jason Angel
11
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
The previous answers did not work for me, but this command does for Kubuntu 18.04
kstart plasmashell
I hope this could helps others!
answered Nov 21 at 16:09
Jason Angel
11
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
The previous answers did not work for me, but this command does for Kubuntu 18.04
kstart plasmashell
I hope this could helps others!
answered Nov 21 at 16:09
Jason Angel
11
The previous answers did not work for me, but this command does for Kubuntu 18.04
kstart plasmashell
I hope this could helps others!
answered Nov 21 at 16:09
Jason Angel
11
answered Nov 21 at 16:09
Jason Angel
11
answered Nov 21 at 16:09
Jason Angel
11
answered Nov 21 at 16:09
Jason Angel
11
11
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