On 10 Jan 2000 14:21:58 -0500, Piet Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am running RH 6.1, which was actually 6,0 upgraded to 6.1.
>I'm running the GNOME desktop environment, and am generally pretty happy
>with it.
>
>I have a gripe about the icons on the desktop, and I'm hoping somebody
>can help me with it.
>
>I have long since deleted those annoying default icons, like RedHat
>Errata, RedHat Support, etc.
>
>And I have created my own desktop icons by use of 'ln -s', and changing
>the properties for the icon, etc. The new icons are pointing to the
>cdrom, and to the zip drive that I have -- both partitions, the Linux
>partion /dev/sda1 and the vfat partition /dev/sda4.
>I have also created icons for the two types of floppies, win and linux,
>for /mnt/vfloppy and /mnt/floppy, respectively.
>
>However, whenever I pop a CD in the drive, or eject a CD, it seems that
>GNOME creates new icons on my desktop -- 4 of them. One for the floppy,
>one for the CDrom, two for the zip disk.
Go to the control center, choose the "Peripherals/CD Properties", and make
sure the "Automatically mount CD when inserted" checkbox is off. Then
click on "OK".
-- Elliot
It is easier to turn excellent functionality into excellent appearance
than excellent appearance into excellent functionality.
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