Public bug reported:
In the past I have relied on the following behavior (still) described in
the xfdesktop man page to change my desktop wallpaper:
-R, --reload
Causes an already-running instance of xfdesktop to reload all
its settings, including loading a new random backdrop if using a
backdrop list.
I realize that the wallpaper image code is significantly improved in
14.04, however this feature seems to have gone missing. I also realize
that there are built in options to rotate the wallpaper automatically in
a variety of ways, however the particular method I like to use (rotate
at set times, like <hour>:00, <hour>:30, etc.) isn't one of those
options.
If 'xfdesktop --reload' were fixed to do the rotation again my old
script would work, problem solved. :) If that's not possible then
consider this a feature request to add the ability to schedule rotation
every N minutes relative to the top of the hour (as opposed to relative
to log in, which it does now).
To reproduce:
1. Right-click on desktop, choose "Desktop Settings"
2. Under the Folder: pull down menu choose a folder with multiple images
3. Optional: Click Change the Background, choose "Every hour" from the pull
down, and check the "Random Order" box
4. Click Close
5. On the command line, run 'xfdesktop --reload'
The desktop should refresh itself, but nothing will happen to the
wallpaper
FWIW, the way that it worked for many releases of XFCE prior to xubuntu
14.04 was to go to Desktop Settings and configure an image list without
checking the "change the background" box. Then 'xfdesktop --reload' just
did the rotation randomly.
** Affects: xfdesktop4 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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xubuntu 14.04 'xfdesktop --reload' no longer cycles wallpaper image
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