sudden appearance of gnome-like icons on desktop
joe_schmoe
geek_show at dsl.pipex.com
Tue Oct 25 00:42:33 CEST 2005
Auke Kok wrote:
> joe_schmoe wrote:
>
>
>>Hi
>>
>>I must have made a mouse error, but suddenly I lost my desktop wallpaper
>>and three gnome-like icons appeared on my desktop. I've changed my
>>wallpaper, but the icons for my home, my computer and trash remain. What
>>do I need to reset?
>>
>
>
> I believe this is a FAQ entry: "what do I do if nautilus accidentally
> takes over my desktop?". Here's the text from the Xfce ML FAQ:
>
> + My desktop has disappeared!?
>
> This happens often with nautilus, which by default takes over the
> desktop. Please start nautilus with the --no-desktop flag, or use
> gconfig-editor and unset the flag that tells nautilus to handle the
> desktop. Start xfdesktop again and you should be OK again.
>
> hth.
>
> Auke
>
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Thanks Auke
I didn't realise it was such a common problem!! :)
Whereabouts do I make these changes to the flags?
Cheers
/j
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