[K12OSN] Fw: How to disable icon stretch in Gnome Desktop?

Dan Young dyoung at mesd.k12.or.us
Tue Nov 20 18:43:47 UTC 2007


Maybe set a mandatory thumbnail_size? Just a guess.

/apps/nautilus/icon_view/thumbnail_size

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Dan Young <dyoung at mesd.k12.or.us>
Multnomah ESD - Technology Services
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On 11/20/07, Jim Kronebusch <jim at winonacotter.org> wrote:
> Sorry for the cross post, but I'm forwarding this over to you guys to see if anyone
> knows how to do this.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
> ---------- Forwarded Message -----------
> From: "Jim Kronebusch" <jim at winonacotter.org>
> To: edubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Sent: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:03:58 -0500
> Subject: How to disable icon stretch in Gnome Desktop?
>
> I have locked the background picture for all our users with gconf-editor.  Now they have
> figured out they can download pictures then use the stretch feature to cover the desktop
> with whatever they want.  This wastes time, and can look pretty poor if anyone tours our
> labs (who knows what the students will have for photos).  I have been looking for a way
> to globally force all desktop icons to the default, but have had no luck.  Google just
> tells me that the feature is there to stretch icons....I know that already :-)  And I've
> looked at most every setting in gconf-editor and cannot find it.
>
> Do any of you know how this could be done?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
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