I get the same problem. air@atmosphere:~$ gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.background active true gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons true
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1159430 Title: Nautilus 3.7.92 does not display desktop background Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I'm on Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring), running Nautilus 3.7.92 from the GNOME 3 PPA (https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3). This version of Nautilus doesn't draw the desktop background - actually that capability was removed in 3.7.91. So the desktop background appears plain white on my system. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1159430/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp