** Description changed:

- The dynamic wallpaper change does only seem to work for me if I use
- wallpapers from the "Wallpaper" category. If I choose a wallpaper from
- "Picture Folder", then "org.gnome.desktop.background.picture-uri" points
- to a file in ~/.cache/gnome-control-center/backgrounds/, x-0-greeter.log
- suggests a permission problem, and I get the default wallpaper.
+ Background images, that have been manually added to the 'Pictures
+ Folder' category in gnome-control-center, don't get picked up by the
+ Unity Greeter, because selecting one of those sets the image URI at
+ 'org.gnome.desktop.background.picture-uri' to a copy of the file in
+ '~/.cache/gnome-control-center/backgrounds', which is only user-
+ readable.
  
- And indeed, ~/.cache has a 700 permission (at least on three systems I
- checked). If I manually set the gsetting key to a file in ~/Pictures,
- the wallpaper change works fine.
+ However, image files, that reside directly in the '~/Pictures' folder,
+ automatically show up in the 'Pictures Folder' category. Picking one of
+ those entries sets the image URI to the file in '~/Pictures' → the Unity
+ Greeter can read and use it.
+ 
+ To add some confusion: it's also possible to manually add images from
+ '~/Pictures' to the 'Pictures Folder' category in gnome-control-center,
+ and you will end up having the image show up twice: one pointing to the
+ file in '~/Pictures' (will be used by the Unity Greeter), the other one
+ pointing to the copy in '~/.cache/gnome-control-center/backgrounds'
+ (won't be used by the Unity Greeter).
+ 
+ So, there _is_ an inconsistency to fix.

** Summary changed:

- Doesn't show wallpapers from "Picture Folder" category
+ Doesn't show wallpapers from "Picture Folders" category

** Summary changed:

- Doesn't show wallpapers from "Picture Folders" category
+ Doesn't show manually added wallpapers from "Picture Folders" category

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  Doesn't show manually added wallpapers from "Picture Folders" category

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