Bug#377070: [Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#377070: /usr/bin/xfce-setting-show: XFCE forgets the "Allow Xfce to manage the desktop" setting

[corsac at corsac.net (Yves-Alexis Perez)]

On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 14:58 +0200, Andrew Maier wrote:
> Package: xfce4-mcs-manager
> Version: 4.3.90.1-3
> Severity: normal
> File: /usr/bin/xfce-setting-show
> 
> Every time I log on to an XFCE4 session Xfce forgets the "Allow Xfce to
> manage the desktop" in the Desktop settings dialog. Instead, I think I
> am getting the gnome desktop manager instead. I have to manually set
> this option every time I login. This setting is also lost when
> upgrading gnome relevant libs and applications. 

It could be nautilus runnning, you're right. Make sure that xfdesktop is
running when using the switch, and remember to save your session at
logout, so it'll be started the next time (and not nautilus).

Try:
ps aux | grep nautilus
pkill nautilus
xfdesktop &

Does it fix the problem ?

(I agree that this switch can be confusing, though)

Regards,
-- 
Yves-Alexis Perez