Finding Nautilus - newbie

[Kirtis Bakalarczyk]

> > Followed that OK. THanks.   But still haven't achieved getting Nautilus
> > from short-cut Ctril+l
> 
> I wouldn't say using ctrl-l is a typical way to open a folder if you don't
> already have one open, but here goes anyway...
> 
> Ctrl-l is a shortcut that only works within Nautilus. Now, even if you
> don't have any folder windows open, you are still running Nautilus (as
> long as you're running Gnome, anyway), since Nautilus is what controls
> your wallpaper and desktop icons. Just like any other program, it has to
> be focused, or selected, in order for you to do anything with it. So just
> like you would click on a window or its title bar in order to work with
> it, you have to click on the desktop (anywhere that isn't a panel or an
> icon) in order to work with it. Once you've focused the desktop, you can
> press ctrl-l to get the dialog where you type in a path for Nautilus to
> open. Does that help?

Actually this appears to not be true in Warty.. I can't use CTRL-L to
open a location when the desktop is focused.  I have to open up a
nautilus window first, then CTRL-L works.  I guess this was added in
gnome 2.10..

HTH,

KIRT