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I need to set --no-desktop via gconf for nautilus, I use OpenBox. I used to just set it like this

# Disable Nautilus desktop.
gconftool-2 -s -t bool /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop false &
# Do not let Nautilus set the background image.
gconftool-2 -s -t bool /desktop/gnome/background/draw_background false &

However, I find this does not work in Ubuntu 11.10. Has something changed in gconf? Might it have anything to do with Gsettings? In the mean time, I just added --no-desktop to my .desktop shortcuts. This is not a solid long term solution for me, for a few reasons. Anytime you upgrade the nautilus package, those changes will overwrite. Much more importantly, Anything that launches nautilus another way wont use --no-desktop. If anyone can help, it would be much appreciated.

BTW: gconf-editor let me view my settings, but no schema for nautilus even existed.

Jorge Castro
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J. M. Becker
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Yes, in Gnome 3, Gconf is being replaced by DConf, which is accessed through GSettings. You can use dconf-editor from the dconf-tools package to explore. It's very similar to gconf-editor.

The entries your looking for are located at org -> gnome -> desktop -> background

Uncheck draw-background AND show-desktop-icons

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No more openbox menu and wallpaper problems :)

user50109
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The setting mentioned in Jo-Erlend Schinstad's answer has been deprecated and I can't find a new equivalent setting. A workaround is to let the file manager set the background but set the alpha to zero. The command for this is

dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/background/picture-opacity 0

or you can use the dconf-editor gui to set it as discussed in Jo-Erlend Schinstad's answer.

The setting to hide the desktop icons is still the same:

dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/background/show-desktop-icons false
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