Bug#230756: nautilus: Should not change desktop settings (color, icons) when launched under a non-GNOME session

[Karsten M. Self]

Package: nautilus
Version: 2.4.1-3
Severity: wishlist


When Nautilus is invoked under a non-GNOME session, e.g.:  another
window manager -- WindowMaker, blackbox, fluxbox, XFCE4, etc., it should
*NOT* change desktop attributes, including but not limited to:

  - Desktop color.
  - Desktop icons.
  - Creation of a "Desktop" folder.
  - Screensaver.

...or other desktop environment / window manager settings.


Worse:  there is no visibly available control to toggle this behavior.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux superego 2.4.23-1-686 #1 Sun Nov 30 20:51:10 EST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US

Versions of packages nautilus depends on:
ii  libart-2.0-2                2.3.16-1     Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0                 1.4.1-1      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0               0.2.3-4      The Audiofile Library
ii  libbonobo2-0                2.4.2.0-1    Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0              2.4.2-1      The Bonobo UI library
ii  libbz2-1.0                  1.0.2-1      A high-quality block-sorting file 
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libeel2-2                   2.4.1-2      Eazel Extensions Library (for GNOM
ii  libesd0                     0.2.29-1     Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libgail-common              1.4.1-1      GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgail17                   1.4.1-1      GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgconf2-4                 2.4.0.1-3    GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt1                  1.1.12-4     LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0                 2.0.1-6      Library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0                2.2.3-1      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2          2.4.1-4      Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome2-0                 2.4.0-4      The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0           2.4.0-1      A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0                2.4.0.1-5    The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0              2.4.1-4      The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnomevfs2-common         2.4.1-4      The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnutls7                  0.8.12-3.1   GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii  libgsf-1                    1.8.2-5      Structured File Library - runtime 
ii  libgtk2.0-0                 2.2.4-2      The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libjpeg62                   6b-9         The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libnautilus2-2              2.4.1-3      libraries for nautilus components 
ii  liborbit2                   1:2.8.3-1    Libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0               1.2.5-2.1    Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                    1.7-4        lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  librsvg2-2                  2.4.0-3      SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libstartup-notification0    0.5-4        library for program launch feedbac
ii  libtasn1-0                  0.1.2-1      Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libxml2                     2.6.3-1      GNOME XML library
ii  libxrender1                 0.8.3-5      X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  nautilus-data               2.4.1-3      data files for nautilus
ii  xlibs                       4.2.1-12.1   X Window System client libraries
ii  zlib1g                      1:1.2.1-3    compression library - runtime

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