nautilus brower icon missing?

David Hopkins dahopkins429 at gmail.com
Thu Feb 25 16:19:02 GMT 2010


> Well, really, you don't need it since Ubuntu has the "Places" menu.

> > Places->Home Folder, etc.
>

I can try to get the users to use the menu as opposed to expecting an icon
on the desktop.  Students aren't likely to be an issue, but the teachers ...
that is a different story. Anytime something doesn't behave or have a
feature 'just like Windows' they get antsy.

>
> However, if you DID want to, you could set some mandatory gconf keys:
>
> sudo gconftool-2 --direct --config-source \
>   xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory \
>   --type boolean \
>   --set /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop true
>
> sudo gconftool-2 --direct --config-source \
>   xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory \
>   --type boolean \
>   --set /apps/nautilus/desktop/home_icon_visible true
>
> The next time the user logs in, they should have them on the desktop.
>
> Make sure the user's gconfd dies.
>

Thanks!   I'll try this.  Though is this going to be an issue with the users
still moving between LTSP5/LTSP4.2 along with Edubuntu 9.10 and CentOS 5.4?
e.g. finding conflicts between how gnome behaves on the systems? I suspect I
have some surprises still waiting for me.

I do like Edubuntu 9.10 though.

Sincerely,
Dave Hopkins
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