Can't get to Desktop in Konsole

[tlinux]

I can't get to Desktop in Konsole. I can in KDE by starting at the root directory. The path is: Home->Home(tom)->tom . This displays the folders and files in "tom" . It contains the Desktop icon which opens up the Desktop.

If I try this in Konsole I get:

tom@emachine:~$ cd /Desktop
bash: cd: /Desktop: No such file or directory
tom@emachine:~$ ls
15721
16096
adblock_filterset.g_updater-0.3.0.5-fx+fl+mz+ns.xpi
adblock_plus-0.7.5.1-fx+tb+sm+fl.xpi
brx
brx.linux.bin-2.0.0.gz
debPackages
Desktop
FlashPlayer.odt
gcc-g++-4.2.0
install_flash_player_9_linux
knetworkmanager_0.1-0ubuntu12.diff
knetworkmanager_0.1-0ubuntu12.diff.gz
knetworkmanager_0.1-0ubuntu12.dsc
lh-cpp
RealPlayer
thunderbird
WG121V200
tom@emachine:~$

The word Desktop is displayed in blue. I don't know what that means. What do I need to do to get to the Desktop in Konsole?

Also, it seems strange that the path shown above has two Home directories. Is this normal?

Thank you for any help you can give me.

[debianfoo]

I can't get to Desktop in Konsole. I can in KDE by starting at the root directory. The path is: Home->Home(tom)->tom . This displays the folders and files in "tom" . It contains the Desktop icon which opens up the Desktop.......
If I try this in Konsole I get:

tom@emachine:~$ cd /Desktop
bash: cd: /Desktop: No such file or directory
tom@emachine:~$ ls
.......
The word Desktop is displayed in blue. I don't know what that means. What do I need to do to get to the Desktop in Konsole?.......

hello Tom
from when you log in as tom you're already in your home dir:
user@host:~$
~ means your home dir
$ means you aren't root since root login is #

so if you're already in your home dir & you want to go to Desktop, since Desktop is in your home dir, you don't have to enter /

so if you do:
tom@emachine:~$ cd Desktop hop you're in your Desktop
--------
your Desktop is seen in blue because it's a dir
best using:

ls -l than just ls
if you wanted to see the dirs and system on the root /
then you would type from your home dir:
ls -l /
and you would see:
eniz@thinkdebian:~$ ls -l /
total 92
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-11-18 20:34 bin
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2007-11-18 20:49 boot
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2007-11-18 20:03 cdrom -> media/cdrom
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4440 2007-11-19 18:25 dev
drwxr-xr-x 106 root root 4096 2007-11-19 18:28 etc
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2007-11-19 12:34 home
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-11-18 20:05 initrd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 2007-11-18 20:49 initrd.img -> boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-5-686
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 2007-11-18 20:06 initrd.img.old -> boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-686
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 12288 2007-11-18 20:58 lib
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 2007-11-18 20:02 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2007-11-19 18:26 media
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-10-28 15:06 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-11-18 20:05 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 110 root root 0 2007-11-19 18:25 proc
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 2007-11-18 21:34 root
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-11-18 20:43 sbin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-03-07 22:56 selinux
drwxrwxrwx 4 root users 4096 2007-11-19 18:35 shared
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-11-18 20:05 srv
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 0 2007-11-19 18:25 sys
drwxrwxrwt 9 root root 4096 2007-11-19 18:26 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 2007-11-18 20:27 usr
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 2007-11-18 20:39 var
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2007-11-18 20:49 vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2007-11-18 20:06 vmlinuz.old -> boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-686
eniz@thinkdebian:~$

your system hierrarchy start from / called root (not the super user, but the system root.
when listing contents of a dir:
ls -l
you see permissions/owner/group/size/date last updated/name of dir or file
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2007-11-18 20:49 boot
d is for dir
l is for link
and if you have permissions like this:
-rwx------ 1 eniz eniz 17170 2007-11-19 18:35 dmesg_19.11.07
starting with a - , it's a file

so to go from your home dir to your desktop which is already in your home dir you only type:
cd Desktop

from your home dir to /boot, you type:
cd /boot

hope I have answered your query.
bye,

but the best way not to loose yourself in the system is to stay in your home dir
and poke around with ls -l or ls -lF (F will show you all the dirs with a / after their name)
eniz@thinkdebian:~$ ls -hl /
total 92K
h is for human reading size

so if you want to copy a file from your home dir to a usbflash you enter:
cp file /media/usb0
then you can check that you copy of file is in /media/usb0 by entering:
ls -l /media/file
----------------------------it's more fun than drag and drop isn't it?
a book which should teach you a lot:
look for the 4th edition:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sams-Teach-Y...5501572&sr=8-4

[Schotty]

I can't get to Desktop in Konsole. I can in KDE by starting at the root directory. The path is: Home->Home(tom)->tom . This displays the folders and files in "tom" . It contains the Desktop icon which opens up the Desktop.

If I try this in Konsole I get:

tom@emachine:~$ cd /Desktop
bash: cd: /Desktop: No such file or directory

do

cd ./Desktop

or

cd Desktop


the problem lies in the fact that /Desktop is the absolute path, which is obviously not where you want to go (and doesnt exist). the dot slash ( ./) will say current directory + whatever.