On Sat, 05 Mar 2011 12:03:03 -0500 Frank McCormick <debianl...@videotron.ca> wrote:
> On Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:42:27 +0000 (UTC) > Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sat, 05 Mar 2011 11:10:39 -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: > > > > > I have run into a problem in re-arranging my desktop. I'd like to turn > > > off Nautilus managing the desktop, and lose the icons. Problem is I > > > can't do it - the usual gconf-editor change > > > (apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop) aren't working. Has something > > > changed in the Nautilus setup ? > > > > It also works fine from me (using testing). > > > > Can you try to set that value from a new user? > > > > > Works for a new user...doesn't work for two existing users.. > I just (a few days ago) had to move the .gnome2 dir out of the way > because of another minor problem. I'll try it again. Didn't work..so I went into the .gconf/apps/nautilus/preferences/ xml file and changed the true to false. That worked. Still dunno what the problem stemmed from but brute force fixed it. And now, I can turn show_desktop on and off from the gconf-editor...and it works. -- -- Frank -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110305121957.8cb25cdb.debianl...@videotron.ca
