sudden appearance of gnome-like icons on desktop

[Alexander Toresson]

On 10/25/05, joe_schmoe <geek_show at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
> Edscott Wilson Garcia wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, 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?
> >>
> >
> >
> > killall xffm-deskview
> >
> > Then use xfce-setting show to set the environment variable for
> > filemanager:
> >
> > DISABLE_DESKTOP = yes
> >
> > If you dont use mcs-manager, you can set environment variable in the usual
> > way before executing xffm 4.3.3
> >
> > _______________________________________________
>
> Cheers Edscott
>
> Slight problem - I am running xfce4.0.5. Sorry, should have mentioned
> that in my first post.
>
> When I call up the .xfce4/xffm/xffmrc.xml file, this is what I see:
>
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <xffm>
>    <CONFIG_VERSION>0.6</CONFIG_VERSION>
>    <preferences AUTOSCROLL="1073741824" DRAG_DO_COPY="1048576"
> SHOW_DOT="0" FILETYPE_SUBS="268435456" IMAGE_PREVIEW="33554432"
> ENABLE_MONITOR="0" ENABLE_AUTO_T="0" HIDE_WASTE_B="0" RSH_X_SSH="0"
> RSYNC_X_SCP="0" SHOW_MM="32" SHOW_TB1="64" SHOW_TB2="128" SHOW_F="0"
> SHOW_TITLES="0" SHOW_SIZE="0" SHOW_DATE="0" SHOW_UID="0" SHOW_GID="0"
> SHOW_MODE="0"/>
>    <options icon_size="2" theme="gnome"/>
>    <geometry width="695" height="409" hpane="1"/>
> </xffm>
>
> It would appear that somewhere here there must be a way to disallow
> desktop icons, but which would serve that purpose?
>
> Cheers
>
> /j
>

Well, xffm in 4.0.5 couldn't place icons on your desktop. Nautilus has
hijacked your desktop. Kill it and restart xfdesktop. Make sure to
save your session the next time you log out.

Regards, Alexander Toresson