Cannot drop items on dock with desktop disabled

[Mic]

When I deactive Nautilus’ desktop drawing (/apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop), Docky no longer accepts dropped items.

I found out about it when I accidentally removed a launcher and tried to add it back by dragging the .desktop link from a file browser window. Adding items by editing the configuration or temporarily enabling desktop drawing works.

Distro version: Ubuntu 9.10
Docky version: 2.1.0 bzr docky r1229 ppa
Kernel version: 2.6.33.20633
CLR version: 2.0.50727.1433
GNOME version: 2.28.1

[Robert Dyer (psybers)]

Can you please run Docky with the '--debug' flag and paste the terminal output here?

[Mic (nomaster)]

If it would have shown any relevant error, I had already done it. But here you are. By the way, behaviour is the same on my desktop and my laptop.

[Info 09:34:14.458] Docky version: 2.1.0 bzr docky r1230 ppa
[Info 09:34:14.470] Kernel version: 2.6.33.20633
[Info 09:34:14.471] CLR version: 2.0.50727.1433
[Warn 09:34:14.657] [GLib] g_set_prgname() called multiple times
[Info 09:34:14.681] [Gtk] Failed to load module "gnomenu-panel": libgnomenu-panel.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[Info 09:34:14.681] [Gtk] Failed to load module "globalmenu-gnome": libglobalmenu-gnome.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[Info 09:34:14.686] [Gtk] Failed to load module "gnomenu-panel": libgnomenu-panel.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[Info 09:34:14.686] [Gtk] Failed to load module "globalmenu-gnome": libglobalmenu-gnome.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[Debug 09:34:14.995] [UserArgs] BufferTime = 10
[Debug 09:34:14.995] [UserArgs] MaxSize = 2147483647
[Debug 09:34:14.995] [UserArgs] NetbookMode = False
[Debug 09:34:14.995] [UserArgs] NoPollCursor = False
[Info 09:34:15.164] [DockController] Setting theme: Classic
[Info 09:34:15.709] [PluginManager] Loaded "Docky.Widgets,1.0".
[Info 09:34:15.709] [PluginManager] Loaded "Docky.Widgets,1.0".
[Info 09:34:15.710] [PluginManager] Loaded "Clock".
[Info 09:34:15.716] [PluginManager] Loaded "Trash".
[Info 09:34:15.736] [PluginManager] Loaded "Mounter".
[Info 09:34:15.752] [PluginManager] Loaded "Session Manager".
[Debug 09:34:15.757] [SystemManager] Using DeviceKit.Power dbus service
[Debug 09:34:15.758] [SystemManager] Using ConsoleKit.Manager dbus service
[Info 09:34:16.930] [Helper] Starting transmission_badge.py
[Info 09:34:16.983] [Helper] Starting rhythmbox_control.py
[Info 09:34:17.117] [DrawingService] Could not find 'banshee', using fallback of 'extension'.
[Info 09:34:17.124] [DrawingService] Could not find 'gtg', using fallback of 'extension'.
[Info 09:34:17.131] [DrawingService] Could not find 'gajim', using fallback of 'extension'.

[Robert Dyer (psybers)]

This is because we use the desktop window as a drop proxy.

I don't know why we use a drop proxy, Jason wrote all the drag/drop code. I'll look into it but for now just know that your observed behavior is expected - we need something to draw the desktop window.