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grimslider75
November 27th, 2011, 05:08 PM
Whenever I use nautilus my desktop background changes and I can see icons.

When the computer boots up, I can right click on the background and change it. However, once the background changes when I use nautilus, right-clicking and then choosing "change desktop background" has no effect.

Is gnome acting up? How can I use xubuntu and nautilus without my background changing?
IWantFroyo
November 27th, 2011, 05:22 PM
In Gnome, Nautilus controls the desktop.

Install gconf-editor (if you don't already have it), and go to apps->nautilus->preferences.
Scroll down and uncheck "show_desktop"
Copper Bezel
November 27th, 2011, 06:43 PM
Or, if you're on 11.10, install dconf-tools instead and navigate to org.gnome.desktop.background in dconf-editor instead.
grimslider75
November 27th, 2011, 07:13 PM
In Gnome, Nautilus controls the desktop.

Install gconf-editor (if you don't already have it), and go to apps->nautilus->preferences.
Scroll down and uncheck "show_desktop"


Or, if you're on 11.10, install dconf-tools instead and navigate to org.gnome.desktop.background in dconf-editor instead.


Tried both of these options, but to no avail. What's going on?

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/6011/screenshotat20111127131.png
Sonador
November 27th, 2011, 11:41 PM
Hi, you have 2 other options:

1. To run nautilus use command
nautilus --no-desktop you should know, that clicking on icons on desktop (xfdesktop) will still run thunar (not nautilus)

2. Let nautilus manage your desktop and change background image in dconf-editor
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11362691#post11362691
grimslider75
November 28th, 2011, 12:18 AM
Hi, you have 2 other options:

1. To run nautilus use command
nautilus --no-desktop you should know, that clicking on icons on desktop (xfdesktop) will still run thunar (not nautilus)

2. Let nautilus manage your desktop and change background image in dconf-editor
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11362691#post11362691


Solution # 1 works fine, but it is tedious to run that every time I need a file manager.

Without knowledge of what I was doing, In terminal i ran
killall xfdesktop and my desktop returned back to normal. For some odd reason, now when I open nautilus, the desktop remains the same. Maybe the dconf and gconf editors are now taking effect.

Thanks for the suggestions anyways though! :guitar: