Description of Problem:

Programs that draw in the root-window (such as
root-tail <URL:
http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/root-tail.html>) do
not work with Nautilus.

Apparantly this is because Nautilus doesn't do
like everybody else with regards to the
Desktop-window (tvtwm, kde 3+, etc.); it seems
that it ought to use extended window manager hints
or __SWM_VROOT.

(Disclaimer: I'm not well versed in the
terminology and innards of this (although I've
been using X for a decade+), I'm just summing up
what I've been told the problem is.

If there is a good reason why Nautilus does as it
does and the other programs should be fixed
instead, I'd be very happy to hear of the reason
and what I should tell the authors of the other
programs).

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Run Nautilus
2. Run root-tail

Actual Results:

root-tail doesn't display anything in the
Desktop(root)-window.

Expected Results:

root-tail displays the tail of the files given to
it in the Desktop(root)-window.

How often does this happen? 

Always.

Additional Information:

(Running root-tail when Nautilus doesn't run
works; text is shown in the root-window.)

Versions used:
 Debian GNU/Linux unstable
 XFree86 4.3.0
 Nautilus 2.4.2
 root-tail 1.1
 FVWM 2.5.10