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Re: howto allow xfce to manage desktop by default?

dummy@example.com (gaaslight) — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 06:49:42 +0000

Thanks, TomE.
That solved my problem with gnome desktop icons showing up on my xfce desktop.

Re: howto allow xfce to manage desktop by default?

dummy@example.com (TomE) — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 02:45:11 +0000

gaaslight wrote:

TomE wrote:
Start xfdesktop and when you logout save your session.
If you use nautilus you will have to stop it taking over the desktop in gconf.
How does one do that? pray tell.

gconftool-2 --set --type boolean /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop false

Re: howto allow xfce to manage desktop by default?

dummy@example.com (gaaslight) — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:35:30 +0000

TomE wrote:

Start xfdesktop and when you logout save your session.
If you use nautilus you will have to stop it taking over the desktop in gconf.

How does one do that? pray tell.

Re: howto allow xfce to manage desktop by default?

dummy@example.com (TomE) — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:20:08 +0000

Start xfdesktop and when you logout save your session.
If you use nautilus you will have to stop it taking over the desktop in gconf.

howto allow xfce to manage desktop by default?

dummy@example.com (rmmst49) — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 06:46:11 +0000

i am using xubuntu, but i installed both the gnome-desktop and kubuntu-desktop to try, but i have been using xfce exclusively. however, every time i log in, i have to go to the menu, desktop settings, and click the 'allow xfce to manage desktop' checkbox before the desktop comes up. How do i make this the default behavior?

thanks

ryan