How to turn off Nautilus in Gnome 2.6

bear2x · 03-24-2005, 05:48 PM

Can someone tell me how to turn off Nautilus in Gnome 2.6 so that I can use another file manager without it controlling the desktop if that is possible. I'm running MDK 10.1. any help would be appreciated . Haven't been able to find a reference to this in Google , etc.

Chuck Parker

tsphan · 03-24-2005, 07:49 PM

you need to load up the "gconf" editor. Also known as the configuration editor. It should be somewhere in the gnome menu.

From the application tree, expand it to "apps", from apps, expand to "nautilus", then expand it to "preferences"

Under preferences, uncheck the "add_to_session".

I can't tell for sure that'll work, but hopefully it will.

bear2x · 03-26-2005, 07:55 AM

tsphan,

Thanks for your reply. I tried your suggestion and that particular item "add_to_session" didn't work but there was an item in the same category that did. I can't remember what it was right now since I do not have access to Gnome but thanks for putting me on this solution.

Chuck

tsphan · 03-26-2005, 04:26 PM

I actually tried it after i posted that. Turns out that after you select the gconf option, you have to load up the sessions options in the advance options menu. Then kill nautilus and the sessions options. Log out right away, save your session, then log back in. Nautilus stops loading from there.