Thanks for the bug report. I can't seem to be able to reproduce the problem here.
Do you have any nonstandard extensions loaded? Please look in the Extensions app. If removing extensions doesn't explain it then please attach a video or screenshot showing how you are changing the background. ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: mutter (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1965437 Title: Cannot change background 22.04 Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in mutter package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Background stuck on black. Cannot change via GUI or CLI ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+23ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-23.23-generic 5.15.27 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-23-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu79 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log' CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Mar 17 18:57:43 2022 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: jammy DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: virtualbox/6.1.32, 5.15.0-22-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox/6.1.32, 5.15.0-23-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [1028:0584] InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-03-15 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Alpha amd64 (20220313) MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude 6430U ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15.0-23-generic root=UUID=0b7063d6-5898-4f7f-ac0b-73d105ab566a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/30/2018 dmi.bios.release: 4.6 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A15 dmi.board.name: 0JCV3H dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A02 dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA15:bd11/30/2018:br4.6:svnDellInc.:pnLatitude6430U:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn0JCV3H:rvrA02:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:skuLatitude6430U: dmi.product.name: Latitude 6430U dmi.product.sku: Latitude 6430U dmi.product.version: 01 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.110-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 21.3.5-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:21.1.3-2ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-2build2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20210115-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.17-2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1965437/+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