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Bug 648087 - gnome-shell does not show icons on desktop after login
gnome-shell does not show icons on desktop after login
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-tweak-tool
Classification: Applications
Component: general
3.0.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GNOME Tweak Tool maintainer(s)
GNOME Tweak Tool maintainer(s)
: 649400 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-04-18 10:44 UTC by Xavier Claessens
Modified: 2011-05-04 20:21 UTC
See Also:
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Description Xavier Claessens 2011-04-18 10:44:53 UTC 
Using gnome-tweak-tool I've set to show icons on the desktop, but after login, nothing is displayed until I open the first nautilus folder.
Comment 1 Cosimo Cecchi 2011-04-21 13:22:50 UTC 
This is not a nautilus bug...
Nautilus used to be autostarted by gnome-session, that's why you would have your icons on the desktop at startup.
Can gnome-tweak-tool maybe add an autostart entry when the option is toggled on?
Comment 2 John Stowers 2011-04-23 15:21:50 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> This is not a nautilus bug...
> Nautilus used to be autostarted by gnome-session, that's why you would have
> your icons on the desktop at startup.
> Can gnome-tweak-tool maybe add an autostart entry when the option is toggled
> on?

Good idea.
Comment 3 John Stowers 2011-04-26 19:53:58 UTC 
Cosimo, is there a command line argument that can be passed to nautilus that will start it, but prevent it from showing a browser window?
Comment 4 Elad Alfassa 2011-04-27 05:06:36 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)
> Cosimo, is there a command line argument that can be passed to nautilus that
> will start it, but prevent it from showing a browser window?
that's -n or --no-default-window
Comment 5 John Stowers 2011-04-27 07:44:54 UTC 
This problem has been fixed in the development version. The fix will be available in the next major software release. Thank you for your bug report.
Comment 6 John Stowers 2011-05-04 20:21:06 UTC 
*** Bug 649400 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***