sudden appearance of gnome-like icons on desktop

Alexander Toresson alexander.toresson at gmail.com
Tue Oct 25 20:10:19 CEST 2005


On 10/25/05, joe_schmoe <geek_show at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
> Alexander Toresson wrote:
> > 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
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> >
> Thanks Alexander - that worked. Any ideas why Nautilus would have
> started up like that?
>
> Cheers
>
> /j

Well, it does that by default. To avoid it, run it with --no-desktop.

Regards, Alexander Toresson



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