Nautilus show_desktop doesn't work in Xubuntu 11.10 :(

[mahy]

Hi y'all,

im running Xubuntu 11.10 and would like to use Nautilus as the default file manager. In previous version it was necessary to prevent it from managing the desktop by unticking /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop in gconf-editor. Sadly, this no longer works in 11.10. Nautilus still stubbornly wants to manage my desktop. Is there any better approach? Many thanks for your help.

[Sonador]

Hi mahy,

this thread is similar, it should help you: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1871789

[mahy]

Hi mahy,

this thread is similar, it should help you: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1871789

Hi Sonador,

thanks for the suggestion, but I found nothing in dconf-editor to disable managing desktop by Nautilus... :-/

[Sonador]

I'm not sure, what is your goal. Probably you want to use xfdesktop (xubuntu default) as desktop manager, and nautilus instead of thunar. In this case, you should run nautilus --no-desktop, so nautilus will not take power over the desktop.

Or you are looking for unticking show-desktop-icons in the dconf-editor org>gnome>desktop>background. This option stops nautilus drawing desktop background and showing icons, and I suppose that mean nautilus is not managing desktop.

Or are you looking for other solution?

Have a nice day, S.

[LewisTM]

What about also unticking /desktop/gnome/background/draw_background in gconf-editor?