Can't get rid of Gnome Desktop

[Andrew Conkling]

On 3/1/06, Robin Haswell <rob at digital-crocus.com> wrote:
> Yeah that sounds more like it.
>
> -Rob

Actually, Robin, whan you mentioned is a separate thing.  It will
prevent Nautilus from starting the desktop when you open the
filemanager, whereas the FAQ just mentions how to get xfdesktop back. 
Your suggestion is also a desired thing and IMO should be included in
the FAQ.


> sofar wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 09:26:59 +0000, Robin Haswell <rob at digital-crocus.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Hm this isn't the correct method. You should unset
> >>/apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop using gconf-editor. If the FAQ
> >>says otherwise it should be changed.
> >
> >
> > here is what the Xfce ML says that is sent out every 2 weeks to this list:
> >
> > + My desktop or desktop menu has disappeared!?
> >
> > It appears that xfdesktop is no longer in control of the desktop. Often
> > xfdesktop has died, or some other program took over the desktop. Make
> > sure that xfdesktop is still running first. Nautilus takes over the
> > desktop by default too. 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.
> >
> >
> > Auke
> >
> >
> >
> >>JoeHill wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 11:22:08 +0530
> >>>Biju Chacko got an infinite number of monkeys to type out:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>$ pkill -9 nautilus && xfdesktop &
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>That did the trick, thanks!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Save session when you log out. Also, please read the FAQ.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>I did before I posted. Sorry, I missed it, it's late, I'm tired... :-)
> >>>
> >>
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