Can't change wallpaper unless /org/gnome/desktop/background/show-desktop-icons is true.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
When I logged into my computer today, Unity wasn't showing my wallpaper. The first thing I tried was to go into the Appearance settings and change the wallpaper. At first, I was not able to make any changes to the wallpaper. Then I started tinkering around with dconf, just to see if I could find any settings that might interfere with the wallpaper.
What I found was that /org/gnome/
Steps to reproduce:
1. Using dconf, set /org/gnome/
2. Using Gear menu -> System Settings -> Appearance, try to change the wallpaper. You can't.
3. Set show-desktop-icons back to true.
4. Change the wallpaper now -- it works.
So, this is quite strange to me -- turning on show-desktop-icons doesn't actually render any icons on my desktop. It only enables the wallpaper switching to work. My best guess as to what is happening here is that "show-desktop-
Let me know if there's any additional information I can provide, and I will happily cooperate in troubleshooting ;-)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: gnome-settings-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-4-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Feb 4 19:56:37 2013
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-14 (143 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120905.2)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=en_CA.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-settings-
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2012-11-14 (82 days ago)
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Invalid → Confirmed |
I couldn't replicate the problem of not being able to change the wallpaper, but toggling that setting causes problems with the fade animation of changing the wallpaper.
I opened dconf-editor, and it looks like the box was unchecked by default (even though in gnome-tweak-tool, "have file manager handle the desktop" is on). I checked it to enable it (org.gnome. desktop. background. show-desktop- icons) then changed the wallpaper and it worked as expected. When I toggled that setting off again I was still able to change the wallpaper but it didn't fade in between wallpapers, it was an abrupt change. It also disabled nautilus handling the desktop.