Hi John,
> I have checked the file
> ~/.trinity/share/apps/kdesktop/IconPositions
> and nothing obvious is amiss, though I can't be certain I'd
> recognize a problem there.  I'd be grateful for a clue.
if you start with a right-click on an empty desktop "Desktop 
arrange/setting" (?) you'll find under "Behavior->File Symbols" "arrage 
symbols automatically". I have disabled that.
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