I discovered the same thing, also using a prog to change the image. It also happens when I manually change via System->preference->appearance menu. Mine is not as bad, only locking for a few seconds, 2 maybe 3.
I am running emerald window manager, and have the visual effects set to Normal, setting to None had no effect. -- Whole desktop freezes for 15 secs when background image is modified https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368499 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
