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Description of problem: In the backward compatibility mode of GNOME, the desktop window will not appear. If Nautilus is started with --no-default-window then it prints: Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module" Unable to open the desktop metadata keyfile: No such file or directory Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): nautilus-2.91.9-4.fc15.x86_64 How reproducible: Every single time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start gnome in compat mode (gnome2 desktop) 2. Notice that you can't see desktop icons, can't right-click on the root window, etc. 3. Start from command line with --no-default-window Actual results: Error message. Expected results: Working desktop. Additional info: It's been happening for a month or two now, though, not just the latest release. I kept figuring someone would surely notice it and fix what is probably a simple bug, but apparently everyone has switched to gnome-shell and nobody's noticed yet or fixed it.
(In reply to comment #0) > Description of problem: > > In the backward compatibility mode of GNOME, the desktop window will not > appear. > > If Nautilus is started with --no-default-window then it prints: > > Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module" > Unable to open the desktop metadata keyfile: No such file or directory This is intentional; you can restore icons on the desktop by setting the org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons gsettings key to true (and the messages you see from nautilus are not bugs; the first one is due to a failure in loading the GTK+ packagekit module, which doesn't matter at all in this case, and the second one is just an informative message from nautilus).