F22: nautilus will not allow desktop icons if using session type "Gnome on Wayland"

[Giulio 'juliuxpigface']

Hi Joachim,

I think it's not a bug, the warning is clear enough. I'd say that this
feature is not ready yet, but the developers are aware of it and know
it's missing. The message is like a placeholder that warns users, but
it's not a real error/exception.

But hey, this is just my opinion and experienced users may know
something I don't :)...

Regards

// Giulio (juliuxpigface)


> On 03/28/2015 08:07 AM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > On Sat, 2015-03-28 at 07:34 +0100, Joachim Backes wrote:
> >> Changed my session type to "Gnome on Wayland". After relogging in, I
> >> see
> >> no more desktop icons. Killing nautilus and starting in a
> >> gnome-terminal, I see the following message:
> >>
> >>
> >> ** (nautilus:4636): Warning **: Desktop icons only supported on X11.
> >> Desktop not created.
> >>
> >> Will this mean that nautilus will not run completely on
> >> Gnome/Wayland?
> >
> > Well, I mean, it means what it says. It can't display icons on
> > Wayland. I'm not sure what else you're asking?
> >
> 
> Is this a bug or a feature? Additionally, will this mean that nautilus 
> will be never running under wayland?
> 
> Joachim Backes
> 
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> Fedora release 22 (Twenty Two)
> Kernel-4.0.0-0.rc5.git4.1.fc22.x86_64
> 
> 
> Joachim Backes <joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>
> https://www-user.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes