Public bug reported: Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Severity: Normal Priority: (none set) Status: Unconfirmed
Description: when volume is shown in desktop, the icons are scattered everytime a desktop session is started. This should be load at startup to fix the current situation. #!/bin/bash #refresh desktop icons, fix some issues with scattered volume icons. gconftool-2 -t boolean -s /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop "0" gconftool-2 -t boolean -s /apps/nautilus/desktop/volumes_visible "0" gconftool-2 -t boolean -s /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop "1" gconftool-2 -t boolean -s /apps/nautilus/desktop/volumes_visible "1" #you might as well consider these settings #this is a global configuration that sets the toolbar style to "icons", #that changes the feel of applications and files to be more like an #object. gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/interface/toolbar_style "icons" #loads the trio icons to the desktop, an icon linking to them will be put #on the desktop. gconftool-2 -t boolean -s /apps/nautilus/desktop/computer_icon_visible "1" gconftool-2 -t boolean -s /apps/nautilus/desktop/network_icon_visible "1" gconftool-2 -t boolean -s /apps/nautilus/desktop/trash_icon_visible "1" #nautilus starts with sidebar, however, I think that there's a #redundancy of this feature to the breadcrumbs menu and the "Go" menu. gconftool-2 -t boolean -s /apps/nautilus/preferences/start_with_sidebar "0" #this is an alternative way to display the icon labels. gconftool-2 -t boolean -s /apps/nautilus/icon_view/labels_beside_icon "1" Public bug reported: Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Severity: Normal Priority: (none set) Status: Unconfirmed Description: when volume is shown in desktop, the icons are scattered everytime a desktop session is started. This should be load at startup to fix the current situation. #!/bin/bash #refresh desktop icons, fix some issues with scattered volume icons. gconftool-2 -t boolean -s /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop "0" gconftool-2 -t boolean -s /apps/nautilus/desktop/volumes_visible "0" gconftool-2 -t boolean -s /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop "1" gconftool-2 -t boolean -s /apps/nautilus/desktop/volumes_visible "1" #you might as well consider these settings #this is a global configuration that sets the toolbar style to "icons", #that changes the feel of applications and files to be more like an #object. gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/interface/toolbar_style "icons" #loads the trio icons to the desktop, an icon linking to them will be put #on the desktop. gconftool-2 -t boolean -s /apps/nautilus/desktop/computer_icon_visible "1" gconftool-2 -t boolean -s /apps/nautilus/desktop/network_icon_visible "1" gconftool-2 -t boolean -s /apps/nautilus/desktop/trash_icon_visible "1" #nautilus starts with sidebar, however, I think that there's a #redundancy of this feature to the breadcrumbs menu and the "Go" menu. gconftool-2 -t boolean -s /apps/nautilus/preferences/start_with_sidebar "0" #this is an alternative way to display the icon labels. gconftool-2 -t boolean -s /apps/nautilus/icon_view/labels_beside_icon "1" -- Fix scattered volume icons in Desktop, and some suggestions to Dapper. https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/38056 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs