Re: Starting GMC without desktop icons?

[Loban Rahman <loban enigma caltech edu>]

> > Is is possible to open a GMC window without displaying the contents of
> > .gnome-desktop and enabling the right-click menu on the desktop?
> >
> > This is because I sometimes want to open a gmc window as root (to
> > manipuate files in my root home) while I am still a normal user. So I
> > su to root, and type gmc, which brings up a window but also brings up
> > the desktop icons of root on top of my normal user icons.
>
> You can delete the files in the ".gnome-desktop" directory in the root
> directory,
> but if you want them later, you'll have to recreate them.

Hmmm, not a great solution. But it sorta works. Except, when I right-click
on the desktop, I still get two menu's, the root's and my normal user's.
So I would still like another solution, if possible. Thanx.

	= L

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