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Desktop as home dir
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 12:04 pm
by Uno
Hi all!
I'm new to LXDE, and i was trying to let it fit my needs because it's the lightest de I've tried (for my really old laptop).
Usually, in Gnome, I had my home directory contents on desktop. I kept this setting (user-dirs.dirs) but (PCManFM I think) donesn't work with that. It shows a clean desktop and if I try to create dirs, files, move and copy, it gives me errors.
How can i fix this?
Thanks.
Re: Desktop as home dir
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 1:15 pm
by meine
look at
http://wiki.lxde.org/en/PCManFM under Setup --> Desktop path
change ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs (as root) XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop" to XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME"
it's just the other way round as described (most want a desktop and not the home dir) but should work
Meine
Re: Desktop as home dir
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 1:22 pm
by Uno
I kept this setting (user-dirs.dirs)
meine wrote:look at
http://wiki.lxde.org/en/PCManFM under Setup --> Desktop path
change ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs (as root) XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop" to XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME"
it's just the other way round as described (most want a desktop and not the home dir) but should work
Meine
It has always been like this, but it doesn't work.
Re: Desktop as home dir
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 4:23 pm
by seppalta
Re: Desktop as home dir
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:12 pm
by Uno
It has nothing about my question...
Re: Desktop as home dir
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:56 pm
by rockdoctor
Why not just remove ~Desktop then create a Desktop as a symlink to your home directory?
Re: Desktop as home dir
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:56 am
by seppalta
I think the "places.sh" script modified to your situation coupled with a .desktop file does exactly what you want. In any case, it can be used to put a shortcut with icons of your choice to any, or all, of your Home folders on the Desktop.
Re: Desktop as home dir
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:58 am
by Uno
rockdoctor wrote:Why not just remove ~Desktop then create a Desktop as a symlink to your home directory?
Great idea! Thanks! I've linked my home to ~/.desktop-lxde and then changed my user-dirs.dirs.
seppalta wrote:
I think the "places.sh" script modified to your situation coupled with a .desktop file does exactly what you want. In any case, it can be used to put a shortcut with icons of your choice to any, or all, of your Home folders on the Desktop.
Sorry, I saw just the first part of the guide and thought you misunderstood my question. I solved the other way (just because it's faster), but thanks anyway!