How to run xfdesktop under gnome?

nierdz · 2006-08-26 13:54:28

All is in the question!
I want to run xfdesktop under gnome but i experienced some troubles...
For information i'm under gentoo.
When i type xfdestop in a term it runs fine and all is beautiful and i can enjoy the right clic menu ;D
But when i emerge (install) a programm sometimes xfdesktop is killed :cry:
So i test to insert the xfdesktop to the gnome's boot (whith desktop-->preferences-->sessions-->started programms)
But it sucks because when i startx xfdesktop is not running...
Does anybody have an idea about that? :?
Or does anybody know a soft to have a right clic menu who runs fine under gnome? :?
thanks..

nierdz · 2006-08-28 13:15:25

no ideas?

geniux · 2006-08-28 15:35:37

What happens if you set xfwm4 as the Window Manager in Gnome?
I must ask, why are you or why are you going to using/use Gnome?

nierdz · 2006-08-28 16:07:19

i can't set xfwm4 by default because i'm running xgl/compiz and also because i don't know how to do under gnome roll

And the reason i go to gnome from xfce is xgl/compiz run better under gnome than xfce and some others things too.

But i love the right click menu from xfdestop ;D

geniux · 2006-08-28 16:29:59

Ok. Usually you do killall metacity && xfwm4 (or whatever WM you'd like to use) when you end your Gnome session save the settings. But now you might do killall compiz && xfwm4, don't know how it works though since I don't use XGL myself

Yes the right click menu is nice smile

nierdz · 2006-08-28 16:39:31

metacity does not make the desktop
it's nautilus which do this
morever because i run xgl i does not use metacity but compiz
but when i test killall nautilus the process is killed but just after a new process is running and the nautilus desktop appears :-(
maybe another idea??
(because if "killall nautilus" should work i can create little script autostarted which can resolve my problem)

geniux · 2006-08-28 16:59:51

I thought if you could change the window manager you could use xfdesktop easier, but that might just not work, sorry about that
If you kill nautilus then run nautilus --no-desktop and then xfdesktop

nierdz · 2006-08-28 17:41:57

yeah i thank about that but as i just said when i kill nautilus, a new nautilus come!
nautilus is an highlander! ;D
in fact i have to know what is the configuration file wich start the nautilus process at start
but i don't find :-(

geniux · 2006-08-28 18:24:22

Try this tip from the Gentoo Forum, it's the exact thing you're looking for
Hope it works for you aswell smile

nierdz · 2006-08-28 18:57:21

yeah it s exactly the same but the guy does not explain how to disable nautilus at boot
that is exactly what i search :-(
but thank you for all geniux

geniux · 2006-08-28 19:03:29

Try posting a question, they'll most certain get a mail that someone have wrote something in the thread.
You could try adding:

nautilus --no-desktop &
xfdesktop &

to your .xsession if you have a graphical login otherwise in your .xinitrc

Hope you solve it smile

nierdz · 2006-08-28 19:19:11

thank but i don't know where is .xsession or .xinitrc
i dont find them in my home folder???

geniux · 2006-08-28 19:45:15

Then create one of them, in this example you've got a graphical login manager:
nano -w .xsession
nautilus --no-desktop &
xfdesktop &
then hit ctrl+x to save the file

I think that Gnome have an application that lets you decide what commands to use when logging in, unfortunately I cant remember the name though. But try the .xsession part first and see how it works

nierdz · 2006-08-28 19:56:29

this does not work
i think i have to edit the configuration file which is used by gnome to start nautilus whithout the option --no-desktop

geniux · 2006-08-28 20:06:18

Ops, making .xsession executable might work, sorry :oops:
chmod a+x ~/.xsession

I'm searching for that application at the moment but please try the command

Edit: You'll have to use the --no-desktop command in order to get xfdesktop to work

nierdz · 2006-08-29 07:49:28

in fact the solution was more more simple ;D
i have to open gconf-editor, to go to desktop-->gnome-->background uncheck draw background
and have to go to Desktop-->Preferences-->Sessions-->Startup Programms
and add /usr/bin/xfdesktop
i found that during searching an option for compiz roll
and now there is no crash of xfdesktop
thanks for help dude!
the solution for french people: http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.ph … 78#p458478

edit: is it possible to edit all the right clic menu with $.config/xfce4/desktop/menu.xml?? or is it simply like the menu-editor in the settings section?

geniux · 2006-08-29 14:51:38

Great that you solved it smile

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