On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 12:35 -0400, Joe Smith wrote:
> I accidentally blew away some files in ${HOME}, including ~/Desktop. Now
> when I log in for a desktop session, Nautilus apparently uses ~ as the
> "desktop" filling my screen with hundreds of icons for all the
> accumulated cruft from my home directory ;-)
>
> I figured that once I restored the Desktop directory, my nice clean
> desktop would re-appear, but no such luck. Nautilus continues to spew
> junk all over the screen.
>
> Gconf doesn't seem to have the answer either:
> $ gconftool-2 -R /apps/nautilus
> start-state = []
> /apps/nautilus/desktop:
> home_icon_visible = true
> network_icon_visible = false
> computer_icon_visible = true
> trash_icon_name = (no value set)
> home_icon_name = (no value set)
> trash_icon_visible = true
> volumes_visible = true
> computer_icon_name = (no value set)
> /apps/nautilus/list_view: ...
> /apps/nautilus/icon_view: ...
> /apps/nautilus/sidebar_panels: ...
> /apps/nautilus/sidebar_panels/tree: ...
> /apps/nautilus/preferences:
> ...
> desktop_is_home_dir = false <---###
> ...
>
> Any ideas how to reverse the damage?
>
> <Joe
>
Your parameter list looks correct. But that is not much help.
I assume that /apps/nautilus/preferences
show_desktop is also true.
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