This has been fixed in System Settings 3.6.3 which has been uploaded to raring for Ubuntu 13.04.
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/927302 Title: cannot set bmp as desktop background (and no reason given) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/927302/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs