I have over 500 pictures. entering all of their file names by hand isn't an option. Jacob Mansfield Programmer
On 16 October 2010 10:27, Steve Fisher <xirco...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > >
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