Some files not showing on Desktop

[que_linux]

Hi,
I am using RHEL 4U5 (GNOME). Some of the docs and directories I save on Desktop are not showing, but i can see and work on them thru terminal.
Any workarounds...

Thanks
Kiran

[atreyu]

Are you sure they're in the right Desktop folder?

Does the name of the user you used to log into the desktop match up with the directory you are using in the terminal? If you're not sure which user is logged into the desktop, try this (if using gnome):

ps -eo user,cmd|grep gnome-session

Substitute your desktop environ (kde, etc.) for gnome-session, if using something else.

What is the Desktop directory you are searching? Once you've confirmed the name of your logged in user, check the home directory with this (substituting your username for USER):

awk -F: '$1 ~ /USER/{print $6}' /etc/passwd

If you username was joebob, the above command would likely return:

/home/joebob

You should then be looking in directory:

/home/joebob/Desktop

To add to the confusion, note that RHEL4x / Gnome 2.8 is still honoring/using a gnome desktop directory at:

/home/USER/.gnome-desktop

Show the output of this command, if you are still having trouble:

ls -l /home/USER/Desktop

[que_linux]

Are you sure they're in the right Desktop folder?

Does the name of the user you used to log into the desktop match up with the directory you are using in the terminal? If you're not sure which user is logged into the desktop, try this (if using gnome):

ps -eo user,cmd|grep gnome-session

Substitute your desktop environ (kde, etc.) for gnome-session, if using something else.

What is the Desktop directory you are searching? Once you've confirmed the name of your logged in user, check the home directory with this (substituting your username for USER):

awk -F: '$1 ~ /USER/{print $6}' /etc/passwd

If you username was joebob, the above command would likely return:

/home/joebob

You should then be looking in directory:

/home/joebob/Desktop

To add to the confusion, note that RHEL4x / Gnome 2.8 is still honoring/using a gnome desktop directory at:

/home/USER/.gnome-desktop

Show the output of this command, if you are still having trouble:

ls -l /home/USER/Desktop

Thanks for the reply atreyu, will check and get back