[solved] Dropbox messes up the desktop
Hi,
I'd like to install dropbox and see what it works. So I dowloaded and installed it from AUR. On running it tries to start nautilus; however I always run nautilus with the command "nautilus --no-desktop --browser" because I run fluxbox. I want dropbox to issue this command as well. It does not do this now, and the result is that there are icons that on the screen, the background image is changed, and the fluxbox menu is inaccessible.
Any ideas how to change this?
Last edited by anadyr (2010-01-19 18:28:31)
I installed dropbox with yaourt; apparently the dropbox-nautilus-app comes with it?
I run fluxbox, and I start dropbox by issuing the command.
Anyway, when I run dropbox or dropboxd, the program starts in "icon mode" in the taskbar; when I click on the item, then the strange behavior starts (nautilus is started with the wrong command, icons appear on the desktop, the fluxboxmenu is inaccessible, and the background image changes).
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