Bug#298338: Covers desktop and keeps covering even after closing
 nautilus
   
    Stewart Jeacocke
     
    Stewart Jeacocke <stewart@jeacocke.org.uk>, 298338@bugs.debian.org
       
    Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:27:08 +0000
    
    
  
How about setting the gconf key /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop
to false?