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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