=== modified file 'libnautilus-private/nautilus-icon-container.c'
--- libnautilus-private/nautilus-icon-container.c	2010-01-05 16:51:33 +0000
+++ libnautilus-private/nautilus-icon-container.c	2010-01-05 19:57:29 +0000
@@ -8685,11 +8685,15 @@
 
 void
 nautilus_icon_container_set_is_desktop (NautilusIconContainer *container,
-					   gboolean is_desktop)
+					gboolean is_desktop)
 {
 	g_return_if_fail (NAUTILUS_IS_ICON_CONTAINER (container));
 
 	container->details->is_desktop = is_desktop;
+
+        if (container->details->is_desktop) {
+                gtk_widget_set_colormap (GTK_WIDGET (container), gdk_screen_get_system_colormap (gtk_widget_get_screen (GTK_WIDGET (container))));
+        }
 }
 
 void