user folders
I've noticed that in bt4-preF the user dir is the equivalent of ~/Desktop. is there any way to reconfigure the kde3 (or kde3.oddly_worked_to_fit_the_distro) interface to have a separate desktop folder for things that end up visible on the users workspace?
Just create a folder( for example 'Desktop') in your home directory and then just edit path in file /home/[name]/.config/user-dirs.dirs from XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME" to XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop" and restart KDE.Originally Posted by RageLtMan
Code:mkdir Desktop nano /home/shadow/.config/user-dirs.dirs
Em... not sure what you mean.
The current user's home folder is surely "~/", no? I'd be quite perturbed if it wasn't
Open up a terminal, type "cd" and hit Return. This should bring you to "~/". If it brings you to "~/Desktop" then something's a little odd...
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my appologies, let me clarify - the KDE desktop is mapped to ~ instead of ~/Desktop. how does one change this?
I've only got BT4beta so I don't know how the Pre-Final is set up, but the solution might be found here:
Code:kate ~/.config/users-dirs.dirs
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nice fix, i will bookmark this.
EDIT: The only problem i seem to have with this, is when i reboot $HOME/Desktop turns back to $HOME
Hi fossilk1,
Do you have Hdd installation of BT4 or you using USB/FLASH/LIVEDVD version?
I have the Live verison install to the hdd.
anyone?? I know this is not a backtrack related topic.
Are you saying that your "users-dirs.dirs" file is getting changed every time your reboot?!
Either do a proper install of Backtrack to your harddisk, or turn on persistent changes.
I have a harddisk installation of BT4-PreF and I edited "users-dirs.dirs" in order to change the desktop path. It worked perfectly, and it still works perfectly after I reboot.
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