Desktop icons occasionally not working?
 

Sometimes my desktops icons do not respond when i touch them. to get into certain apps i have to navigate thru the top left app button. when i reset functionality of the icon return. swiping to other desktop are ok. also when messages come in those links that pop up or the tsk selector icons do not work either.

does anyone know whats goin on?

Re: Desktop icons occasionally not working?
 

I see you haven't had a reply to this, not sure if it's anywhere else on the forum (I haven't searched yet, just joined)... anyway... I have the same issue as you, the only solution so far is to restart the phone. Can sometimes happen upon restart sometimes up to a few days before the issue arises again!

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Just to add to this subject... I have tried removing all additional widgets and left simply the shortcut icons, etc, but still the same issue; reinstalled and changed themes, but still the same issue. So I've tried some troubleshooting, and the issue is still there; appears to have started upon updating to Maemo 10.2010.19-1.205.1.

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I have the same issue here: none of my desktops icons do respond when i touch them. After resetting the N900 everything works fine. After a while, the desktop icons stop working.
I installed the latest update of Maemo (1.2). Any idea how to resolve this issue? Is it possible to re-install the desktop without having to flash the device?

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The latest update of Maemo is 1.3.

Re: Desktop icons occasionally not working?
 

This is most likely caused by Desktop command execution widget. Try not to use it and see if the problem persists

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I have the same problem with desktop shortcuts not working.

I have the latest update pr1.3

Is it possible to restart the desktop without restarting the phone?

Re: Desktop icons occasionally not working?
 

In xterm enter the command:

killall hildon-home

nicolai

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I will try that next time the desktop shortcut's freeze.

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I have recently updated to PR1.3 which was successful although my desktop freezes several times each day now and although the desktops will allow me to flick between them, I am unable to use any of the widgets?

The only way to get the phone to function is to restart it. Any ideas?

I never had this issue with PR1.2 so I am guessing that there is something not quite right with the update, but what!!!

It is all good and well using the killall function although this is not so practical if you have your phone in your pocket and have not realised that it has frozen as you don't receive text messages whilst the handset is in this state!!

Re: Desktop icons occasionally not working?
 

Look at your other post about the same thing.

Also, don't double post, you just confused the hell out of me, I thought I had replied to the wrong topic when I saw this.:rolleyes:

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This helps, I don't have to reboot :)

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I've had only my music player widget stop functioning. But after reinstalling it or rebooking the N900, it's back to normal. So far all other icons no issue.

Re: Desktop icons occasionally not working?
 

i experienced the same (pr1.3), occasionally

i thought it was webcamviewer application causing it as i had just installed that, perhaps that's not so then

more than this failure: when it happens no one can call me (they hear message that i must have shut off or sth), ALTHO 2G (or 3G) shows a distinct signal (AND: when you change signal you get "not available")

weird problem, all icons won't work, only the icon with which you return to desktops. programs can be opened flawlessly in program menu

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Hi,

I decided to re-install PR1.3 from scratch in addition to the apps, this gave me the benefit of discarding a number of apps which I no longer utilise.

Unfortunately, this problem is still very much here and yes, using killall hildon-home resolves the issue temporarily, it comes back within a few hours. Although this may not seem like too much hassle to use the killall command, things such as texts and alarm clock will not work when the handset freezes, this is not much good when it locks up overnight :(

Is this a known issue and is there anyone who knows how to fix it please?

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This might not help but when I disabled "vibrate touch" function my icons worked again with the first touch.
Just my 2 cents..

It's Saturday so cheers!

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Hi,

I have taken on board all of the suggestions which have been very helpful, thank-you very much to everyone who takes the time to offer support.

The problem however would not go away and every 2-3 hours the handset widgetswould freeze; so yesterday, after a busy day at work, I got home and thought, enough is enough! I re-flashed the handset once again, this time, another clean install without any back-ups restored, I then made a decision to use only the standard repositories (well, only bluemaemo and alarmed from extras - testing :)) and would you know, Bobs your Mothers Brother, here we are, 26 hours since last reboot and 0 crashes!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Fantastico!! The moral of this story is, be careful what you download from the extra repos! To be honest, I only really use a few apps from the other repos so it doesn't matter a great deal to me, and now I have a fully functional handset which is very quick thanks to PR1.3 and the enhanced linux kernel power 42.

I have contemplated a couple of times to install preenv again but may just wait a little longer.

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I will try this solution, if a don't come back is because it worked.

Thanks!