Restarting XFCE desktop after a Gnome app changes it

[John Shane]

On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 13:48:27 +0200
Stefan Stuhr <xfceuserslist at sstuhr.dk> wrote:

> fre, 17 06 2005 kl. 12:49 +0200, skrev John Shane:
> > How do I restart the xfce desktop after a Gnome application has taken
> > over?  
> > 
> > I've been poking around looking at some Gnome apps and discover
> > that sometimes they reset the desktop.  The only way I've been able to get
> > the xfce desktop back is to quit xfce and log back in.  I tried to run
> > xfdesktop (with and without &) from a terminal but it doesn't persist.  As
> > soon as I close the terminal the Gnome desktop comes back.  I also tried
> > "xfdesktop -reload" but again, as soon as I close the terminal the Gnome
> > desktop reaserts itself.
> > 
> > My apologies if the answer is in the manual.  I read the section on the
> > desktop manager again and that's where I got the -reload idea.  Thanks for
> > your help.  John
> 
> Run
> xfdesktop & disown
> in the terminal.
> 
> And run Nautilus with --no-desktop as parameter, then it doesn't take
> over the desktop.
> 
> Stefan

Ahhhh, that does the trick!  Many thanks. 

John