Restarting XFCE desktop after a Gnome app changes it

[Erik Peterson]

Hello all,

This seems to be a very commmon question.  (One that I have myself
asked a while ago)  Is there some place (in the wiki, manual etc) that
a the solution to this problem can be posted or is there already and I
am am simply not aware of it?   Searching google or the list archive
does turn up the solution but only after a bit of hunting around.  Can
we make this easier?  I would be happy to provide the write up, open
of course to criticism, (in a FAQ like format) but am not sure where
to put it.  Would a larger list of common questions/answers like this
be useful to post somewhere?

Thoughts...

--Erik.

On 6/17/05, John Shane <jslists at mtwafrica.org> wrote:
> 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
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