right click permissions on GNOME desktop

It seems that I have done something that has caused me to
not be able to
right click on my GNOME desktop and call up a menu. I've
looked at permissions
and ownership on the desktop, as well as SELinux ownership
and permissions.
Everything seems to be OK, but still no menu. I can load KDE
and the menu works
OK there.

The panel at the top and bottom are visible, and any app I
start works, and I 
can click on an app to highlight it. So I know that the
mouse left button works. 
I can right click on apps, like this thunderbird window, and
that works. But 
clicking on the desktop doesn't.

Does anyone know what might be preventing the right click?
Is there maybe a file
or device driver that to be owned by the GNOME user that if
ownership is not
passed to the user, they won't have the ability to right
click on the desktop?

TIA,

Bill Tangren

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On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 04:50:26PM -0400, Bill Tangren
wrote:
> It seems that I have done something that has caused me
to not be able to
> right click on my GNOME desktop and call up a menu.
I've looked at 
> permissions
> and ownership on the desktop, as well as SELinux
ownership and permissions.
> Everything seems to be OK, but still no menu. I can
load KDE and the menu 
> works
> OK there.
> 
> The panel at the top and bottom are visible, and any
app I start works, and 
> I can click on an app to highlight it. So I know that
the mouse left button 
> works. I can right click on apps, like this thunderbird
window, and that 
> works. But clicking on the desktop doesn't.
> 
> Does anyone know what might be preventing the right
click? Is there maybe a 
> file
> or device driver that to be owned by the GNOME user
that if ownership is not
> passed to the user, they won't have the ability to
right click on the 
> desktop?

I'm sure someone else will be able to tell you exactly what
needs to be
fixed... but if you move your ~/.gnome* directories
somewhere temporarily and
then start up Gnome again, do the menus work?  You can
always move those
.gnome* directories back. 

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Bill Tangren wrote:
> It seems that I have done something that has caused me
to not be able to
> right click on my GNOME desktop and call up a menu.
I've looked at
> permissions
> and ownership on the desktop, as well as SELinux
ownership and permissions.
> Everything seems to be OK, but still no menu. I can
load KDE and the
> menu works
> OK there.
> 

It *sounds* like nautilus is failing to start for some
reason....I would look at
nautilus to make sure it is still installed, and maybe an
rpm -Va to check that
something hasn't changed.  Also it's probably worth starting
your desktop, then
trying to start nautilus by hand and see if that works.

Chris Lalancette

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Chris Lalancette wrote:
> Bill Tangren wrote:
>> It seems that I have done something that has caused
me to not be able to
>> right click on my GNOME desktop and call up a menu.
I've looked at
>> permissions
>> and ownership on the desktop, as well as SELinux
ownership and permissions.
>> Everything seems to be OK, but still no menu. I can
load KDE and the
>> menu works
>> OK there.
>>
> 
> It *sounds* like nautilus is failing to start for some
reason....I would look at
> nautilus to make sure it is still installed, and maybe
an rpm -Va to check that
> something hasn't changed.  Also it's probably worth
starting your desktop, then
> trying to start nautilus by hand and see if that
works.
> 
> Chris Lalancette
> 

The wierdest thing just happened. I started nautilus from a
terminal window, and 
it started just fine. When I stopped it via the
"X" in the upper right corner, 
it didn't give me back my cursor. I hit "Ctrl+C",
my desktop flashed, and all my 
icons magically reappeared. I haven't a clue why this
happened, and I don't like 
mysteries when it comes to my OS (but I DO like having my
desktop back  )

Thanks for the suggestion!

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Bill Tangren writes:
> I started nautilus from a terminal window, and 
> it started just fine. When I stopped it via the
"X" in the upper right corner, 
> it didn't give me back my cursor.

Nautilus is meant to run all the time.  It doesn't stop just
because
you close one of its windows.

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Am Mittwoch, den 04.04.2007, 11:57 +0200 schrieb Göran
Uddeborg:
> Bill Tangren writes:
> > I started nautilus from a terminal window, and 
> > it started just fine. When I stopped it via the
"X" in the upper right corner, 
> > it didn't give me back my cursor.
> 
> Nautilus is meant to run all the time.  It doesn't stop
just because
> you close one of its windows.
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Sounds like a screenshot.


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