Default Wallpaper

Chadley Wilson chadley at pinteq.co.za
Mon Jan 10 05:54:10 UTC 2005


On Sunday 09 January 2005 20:53, Dale wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 10:30:03AM -0800, Dale wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 03:31:05AM +0200, Chadley Wilson wrote:
>
> [an inquiry about how to change the default desktop background,
> presumably under gnome]
>
> I replied about how it seemed it could be changed on disk for
> an already-logged in user...
>
> > I'd guess that:
> >
> > 1.  File .gconf/desktop/gnome/background/%gconf.xml
> >     contains the actual definition
> > 2.  File .gnome2/backgrounds.xml
> >     is the list of available backgrounds displayed from
> > 	right-click on desktop/Change Desktop Background/Desktop Wallpaper
> > 3.  File ./.thumbnails/normal/4b3f4943d5963a4a59c013f795a6604a.png
> >     is the thumbnail displayed with the list of available backgrounds.
> >
> > Also in file .gconf/desktop/gnome/background/%gconf.xml it looks like
> > you'll find other options you may want to set like "picture_options".
>
> However, I didn't properly address the original question of how to
> change the default.  (Indeed, I did no testing and don't know if I
> was on the right track anyway).
>
> Upon further investigation, I see that file
>
>     /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/desktop/gnome/background/%gconf.xml
>
> contains the line:
>
>     <entry name="picture_filename" mtime="1100460550"
> schema="/schemas/desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename"/>
>
> which suggests that the actual definition of the default is in file
>
>     /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_background.schemas
>
> which contains a section that *begins* with:
>
>       <schema>
>         <key>/schemas/desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename</key>
>         <applyto>/desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename</applyto>
>         <owner>gnome</owner>
>         <type>string</type>
>         <default>/usr/share/backgrounds/images/default.png</default>
>         <locale name="C">
>         <short>Picture Filename</short>
>         <long>File to use for the background image</long>
>         </locale>
>
> 	... followed by info for other locales, etc.
>
> That may be an appropriate place to investigate.  Perhaps there is
> also a GUI editor for it.
>
> This is part of package GConf.  Maybe the listing from the following
> would lead to something interesting:
>
>     rpm -ql GConf

Thank You very much this is a great help.


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Chadley Wilson
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