Bug#284459: nautilus: Cannot resize desktop window

[Uwe Storbeck]

On Dec 06, Sebastien Bacher wrote:

> What do you call "desktop window of nautilus" ?

The window titled "Desktop" where nautilus places the "Computer",
"Home", "Trash" and "Start Here" icons.

xwininfo: Window id: 0x100001a "Desktop"

  Absolute upper-left X:  587
  Absolute upper-left Y:  367
  Relative upper-left X:  0
  Relative upper-left Y:  0
  Width: 1280
  Height: 1024
  Depth: 24
  Visual Class: TrueColor
  Border width: 0
  Class: InputOutput
  Colormap: 0x20 (installed)
  Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
  Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
  Backing Store State: NotUseful
  Save Under State: no
  Map State: IsViewable
  Override Redirect State: no
  Corners:  +587+367  --587+367  --587--367  +587--367
  -geometry 1280x1024+582+344


> If it manages the
> background what are you trying to do ?

I simply start nautilus and it changes the color of my root window
to solid steel blue or whatever this color is (to the same color
as the background of the "Desktop" window).

Regards,

Uwe