Re: Rootless mode with Query mode

[Staf Verhaegen <staf dot verhaegen at imec dot be>]

Jean-Claude Gervais wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>         If I start XWin with the following parameters, :0 -rootless -query hostname
> 
>         I get the Redhat login dialog box, which appears with NO background.
> 
>         This is good.
> 
>         Then when I log in, whether I select GNOME or KDE, the KDE/GNOME desktop
> background always appears.
> 
>         Is there a way to prevent this?
> 
>         I'd like to have the Gnome or KDE taskbar and start menu, but not a desktop
> like it does.
> 
>         And even if I configure KDE/GNOME to have NO desktop, they both still want
> to at least draw a color background.

I'm not familiar with KDE but for gnome the file manager (nautilus) is also
resposible for drawing the desktop icons and these are drawn in a full size
window. I think you can disable that somewhere in the nautilus preferences. I
suppose the KDE file manager has the same behaviour.

Staf.

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