Background Wallpaper Reset

Hi,

I have got compiz setup on this thing now and it works a charm.

The only remaining issue is that when I reboot, my wallpaper has been swapped for a solid colur blue background.

I can fix this by going into the Desktop Settings and choosing the gradient option from the Background type menu.

This is a real annoyance, anyone had experience with this?

Thanks in advance.

 

the original wallpaper is here

/usr/share/xfce4/backdrops/wallpaper.png

what happens when you try to add it back?

 

I should have mentioned I am not using the standard Aspire interface. I am using the Linpus interface.

 

try running the following command:

Code:

killall -USR1 xfdesktop-xfce

If that brings your background image back, you can just put it in a script to run at startup.

 

The script does indeed work.

I tried adding it to .bash_profile and rc.local but it doesnt seem to work at bootup.

Any ideas?

 

It needs to be run after xfdesktop-xfce is up and running, so the way I do it is create a new script, mine is /usr/bin/xfdesktopsancho, that contains the following:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/xfdesktop-xfce &
sleep 5
killall -USR1 xfdesktop-xfce &

and then make that executable with "sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/<yourfilename>" and call that from the client0 line of your /etc/xdg/xfce4-session/xfce4-session.rc instead of calling xfdesktop-xfce directly.

Code:

Client0_Command=xfdesktopsancho
Client0_PerScreen=False

 

Or u can just find the wallpaper (wallpaper.png and default.png) rename them and copy the new wallpaper to the folder as wallpaper.png and default.png.

Kasper

 

True but renaming and replacing files everytime you want a new wallpaper is a bit more of a hassle then simply using the gui. Also renaming the files doesn't give you the option to use a wallpaper list to pick a random one on startup. (although a few more script modifications are required to counter the list being changed sometimes)