On 16 October 2010 10:01, Jacob Mansfield <cyberja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am attempting to make the desktop background in gnome change > automatically to a random image from a set folder. I know the command I need > is > > gconftool-2 --type=string -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename > /full/path/to/image/file > > I have worked this into a basic shell script: > > time=$1 > # time to wait between changing the background in secs > while [ : ] > do > for filepath in `cat list` > # list is a list of all files in the backgrounds directory and is the only > other non-image file in the folder > do > echo $filepath > # for debug > gconftool-2 --type=string -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename > “$filepath” > sleep $time > done > done > > however allthough this sets the value (I can see it in the xml > configuration file with emacs) the background simply goes to the set colour > not the image. is there another value I need to get the background as an > image? or is there something wrong with my script? all help appreciated. > Jacob Mansfield > Programmer > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > Jacob Have a look at: http://www.itlure.com/2009/11/create-your-own-gnome-background.html Steve
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