Lightdm background doesn't change

Bug #1122545 reported by bwat47
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #1128492: wallpaper not updating. Edit Remove
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This bug affects 10 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
unity-greeter (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

I did a totally clean install from today's daily raring iso. Now the lightdm background refuses to change when I change my wallpaper. If I change the backgroung either via one of the default backgrounds in the control center or via eog lightdm keeps using the purple background.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: lightdm 1.4.0-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-5.10-generic 3.8.0-rc6
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-5-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Feb 11 18:47:22 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-11 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130211)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: lightdm
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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bwat47 (bwat47) wrote :
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report, do you select a background image which is world readable?

affects: lightdm (Ubuntu) → unity-greeter (Ubuntu)
Changed in unity-greeter (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
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bwat47 (bwat47) wrote :

It appears its this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-settings/+bug/1122619

I ran the gsettings command from the description and it works now

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in unity-greeter (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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