xsnow

[joeh]

david Wrote: 
> On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 09:08 +0000, George Wright wrote:
> > On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 08:44:53 +0000, david <nux at blueyonder.co.uk>
> wrote:
> > > Greetings,
> > > 
> > > My daughter would very much like xsnow running in her desktop. I've
> > > installed it but when I run it nothing appears. I've searched for a
> > > solution but find either instructions for ancient versions of kde
> or
> > > instructions that just don't work.
> > > Can anyone tell me what to do to get the snow to appear on top of
> the
> > > desktop and not underneath it.
> > 
> > 
> > Hi David
> > 
> > I got it working, but not with gnome - it doesn't let the root window
> > 'shine through'
> > 
> > I tried another WM (for the sake of my test I used, yuk, twm) and it
> worked OK
> > 
> > I fiddled with nautilus --no-desktop, no joy
> > 
> > 
> > Here's my best suggestion to keep the gnome goodness as much as
> possible
> > 
> > sudo apt-get install openbox
> > openbox --replace
> > xsnow
> > killall nautilus && nautilus --no-desktop && xsnow
> > 
> > YMMV
> > 
> > George
> 
> I installed ICEWM and made it her default WM and now it works. 
> Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
> My daughter claims to prefer IceWM over Gnome. (Proof that you can't
> teach them everything. They will insist on forming their own opinions!)
> ;-)
> 
> regards
> 
> David
> 
> 
> 
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Applications-->System Tools--> Configuration Editor

apps-->nautilus-->preferences-->show_desktop 
uncheck the box and close

xsnow now will work but you lose the right click menu on the desktop

Joe


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