Comments on: How to toggle desktop icons on and off http://www.stefanoforenza.com/how-to-toggle-desktop-icons-on-and-off/ Stefano Forenza - Personal Blog Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:15:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: g33khttp://www.stefanoforenza.com/how-to-toggle-desktop-icons-on-and-off/comment-page-1/#comment-38184 g33k Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:18:25 +0000 http://www.stefanoforenza.com/?p=36#comment-38184 gconftool-2 --type boolean --set /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop "false" Not only hides desktop but also disables right click action on desktop. gconftool-2 –type boolean –set /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop “false”
Not only hides desktop but also disables right click action on desktop.

]]> By: Stefano Forenzahttp://www.stefanoforenza.com/how-to-toggle-desktop-icons-on-and-off/comment-page-1/#comment-22459 Stefano Forenza Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:45:21 +0000 http://www.stefanoforenza.com/?p=36#comment-22459 @Joe: no, it doesn't require sudo and shuold not be run with sudo (because that would change the settings of the root user, not your user's). Check if you have gconf2 installed. sudo apt-get install gconf2. Otherwise, I'd suggest taking a look at the script output to understand where it fails @Joe: no, it doesn’t require sudo and shuold not be run with sudo (because that would change the settings of the root user, not your user’s).

Check if you have gconf2 installed. sudo apt-get install gconf2.

Otherwise, I’d suggest taking a look at the script output to understand where it fails

]]> By: joehttp://www.stefanoforenza.com/how-to-toggle-desktop-icons-on-and-off/comment-page-1/#comment-22457 joe Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:19:55 +0000 http://www.stefanoforenza.com/?p=36#comment-22457 Did just like you said and nothing. Does it requre sudo to run? Hardy Heron Compiz turned off and on Gnome of course cause KDE is the devil Did just like you said and nothing. Does it requre sudo to run?

Hardy Heron
Compiz turned off and on
Gnome of course cause KDE is the devil

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