On Mar 7, 2016 7:18 AM, "ToddAndMargo" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:On Mar 6, 2016 22:03, "ToddAndMargo" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: On Mar 4, 2016 04:37, "ToddAndMargo" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>> wrote: Hi All, I posted this to the regular Xfce group, but no joy. I just installed a new workstation with Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-23-10.iso. It comes with Xfce 4.12 Problem with Desktop Settings: It is suppose to look like: http://jsmylinux.no-ip.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/WorkSpace-Wallpaper-01.png But what I get is a blank "wallpaper for ...". When I go to select the folder, after exiting and restarting settings, it goes back to "none". The wallpaper area always stays empty. I also installed Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-23-10.iso to a virtual machine and was able to duplicate the issue with the exception that the virtual machine won't move off of "images" and does show three blue wallpapers. $ ps ax | grep -i xfdesktop 2429 ? Sl 0:01 xfdesktop --display :0.0 --sm-client-id 29b1e4965-d809-48ff-92e2-dc5e898ee44c How do I fix this? And is this a "bug" in the Live ISO? Many thanks, -T On 03/05/2016 03:02 PM, Roman Collins wrote: Hey have you managed to solve your issue already? If not try unchecking the box that says "Change the background" and checking the box "Apply to all workspaces" Hope that helps, Roman Hi Roman, On my VM, "Change the background" woke and unwoke my ability to change the background directory. On the machine in question, no joy. I think there is some corruption or something. Do y9 know how to set this manually (vi)? -T _______________________________________________ xfce mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/[email protected] On 03/07/2016 03:34 AM, Roman Collins wrote: This, although from 2008 may be helpful: https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=4317 Check ~/.config/xfce4/mcs_settings/desktop.xml Or that directory for settings related to the background. If it's not there, maybe, just maybe ~/gtk-2.0 or gtk-3.0 You may also want to try installing "mlocate," and use the 'locate' command with "wallpaper" or "background" and see what comes up for config files - Roman Hi Roman, I have been using "find . -exec grep -l xxx {} \;" to try and find where the setting is kept, but no joy. This is my xfce4 config directory: $ ls -al .config/xfce4 total 0 drwxr-xr-x. 6 tony users 61 Mar 4 01:29 . drwxr-xr-x. 10 tony users 162 Mar 4 12:52 .. drwx------. 2 tony users 72 Mar 5 18:34 desktop drwxr-xr-x. 7 tony users 100 Mar 4 01:30 panel drwxr-xr-x. 3 tony users 33 Mar 4 01:28 xfconf drwx------. 2 tony users 6 Mar 4 01:28 xfwm4 No sign of "mcs_settings" on either the function or the non-functioning machine. $ find .config/xfce4 -exec grep -l -i desktop {} \; 2>&1 | grep -v direct .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfwm4.xml .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-desktop.xml .config/xfce4/desktop/icons.screen0-1008x752.rc .config/xfce4/desktop/icons.screen0-1008x672.rc .config/xfce4/panel/launcher-9/14570837401.desktop .config/xfce4/panel/launcher-10/14570837402.desktop .config/xfce4/panel/launcher-11/14570837403.desktop .config/xfce4/panel/launcher-12/14570837404.desktop .config/xfce4/panel/launcher-16/14570838025.desktop $ find .config/xfce4 -exec grep -l -i background {} \; 2>&1 | grep -v direct .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-desktop.xml xfce-perchannel-xml: <property name="workspace0" type="empty"> <property name="color-style" type="int" value="0"/> <property name="image-style" type="int" value="5"/> <property name="last-image" type="string" value="/usr/share/backgrounds/images/default.png"/> <property name="backdrop-cycle-enable" type="bool" value="true"/> </property> Not finding a "path" or a list of backgrounds. Just the last background used. So, who knows. -T
On 03/07/2016 10:29 AM, Roman Collins wrote:
It seems like "xfce4-desktop.xml" would be it... have you tried editing the path in that config file to reflect the path of your desired background and restarting, then logging in and out? The line that says "value=" that is
Hi Roman, I must be blind as I am not seeing it. Would you cut and paste it for me? -T _______________________________________________ xfce mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/[email protected]
