On Ubuntu 11.10, nautilus will want to launch the desktop when it launches. If you ever see this you will easily understand why this is so undesirable. For the most part, to fix this the launchers need to be updated such that they also contain the --no-desktop option (but don't do that just yet, there's a much easier way which I am getting to). Doing this however will leave a few integrations (that don't use the launchers) being missed.
Example #1.) You use Firefox, download a file and then want to use the menu to "Open Containing Folder". Example #2.) You add "Files" to the e17 engage launcher. Both of these examples will still launch nautilus with the desktop.
The solution (actually quite silly): You will first need the dconf-tools (this is an editor for the dbus configuration). To install it use the Package Manager or the following command line:
Example #1.) You use Firefox, download a file and then want to use the menu to "Open Containing Folder". Example #2.) You add "Files" to the e17 engage launcher. Both of these examples will still launch nautilus with the desktop.
The solution (actually quite silly): You will first need the dconf-tools (this is an editor for the dbus configuration). To install it use the Package Manager or the following command line:
$ sudo apt-get install dconf-tools Once it's installed, launch the dconf-editor as root:
$ sudo dconf-editor Navigate your way to org -> gnome -> desktop -> background. Once there you will want to uncheck "show-desktop-icons" and "draw-background". What's that you say? They already are unchecked! Aye, therein lies the problem... check them and then uncheck them to ENSURE they are unchecked! You will need to reboot the machine and once done, nautilus should happily launch (nautilus assuming --no-desktop) and e17 will be all happy. Good luck!
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