How to remove OpenSuse and Online Help Icon from desktop?

k3ntegra · April 11, 2009, 5:16pm

There is a gray lock next to the icons. When i try to delete the icons a message reads “Error removing file: Permission denied”

im using gnome 11.1.

supertimorplusfort · April 11, 2009, 5:46pm

Hi. Try to delete them as root. Maybe that works…

amdturion · April 11, 2009, 5:59pm

Hi that’s the same problem I posted recently:
Gnome desktop icons resetting - openSUSE Forums

If you login as root the “locked icons” are not showed, this is a very annoying issue.

By the way user can use the icons that are working correctly if you double click on them, so it is not a blocking issue.

BR

ijbreakey · April 11, 2009, 7:10pm

Hi,

Perhaps it’s a read but not write type of thing?

I can suggest one thing and that’s to delete it as root. You said it points to /usr/share/dist/desktop-files/

So hit alt+f2 then type:

gnomesu nautilus

Browse to that folder and delete the icons.

Good Luck,

Ian

k3ntegra · April 11, 2009, 9:02pm

ijbreakey:

Hi,

Perhaps it’s a read but not write type of thing?

I can suggest one thing and that’s to delete it as root. You said it points to /usr/share/dist/desktop-files/

So hit alt+f2 then type:
gnomesu nautilus
Browse to that folder and delete the icons.

Good Luck,

Ian

thanks alot ian.

user · April 11, 2009, 9:16pm

hit alt+f2 then type:

gnomesu nautilus

That sit

Thanks

splitsch · May 25, 2009, 1:42pm

Hello.
There is an other way.
Type in this in your terminal, as a usual user:

gconftool-2 --set /apps/nautilus/desktop/predefined_items_dir --type string ""

Then, on the desktop, press F5, to refresh it.

Seen this tips here: http://www.labo-linux.org/tips/opensuse-comment-supprimer-les-icones-daide

Bye !

user · July 3, 2009, 2:09am

sudo rm /usr/share/dist/desktop-files/*