I've patched xfdesktop4 to check and set the same atom as Nautilus, which should prevent nautilus from taking over the desktop when xfdesktop is running, and vice versa.
(Let's continue in Bug #872515 for the more general xfce4-session refactoring). ** Package changed: xfce4-session (Ubuntu) => xfdesktop4 (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: xfdesktop4 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: xfdesktop4 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released ** Changed in: xfdesktop4 (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893811 Title: xfce "Launch GNOME services on startup" launches Nautilus, takes over desktop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfdesktop4/+bug/893811/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs