Comment 8 for bug 110117

confirmed for 10.04 x64, with this setup. No error message give, as indicated below, even though I have a local, ext3 directory in my home-dir, that is not read.

Package: drapes
Priority: optional
Section: universe/gnome
Installed-Size: 2332
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Francesco Namuri <email address hidden>
Architecture: all
Version: 0.5.2-3.2
Depends: mono-runtime (>= 1.1.8.1), libc6 (>= 2.10) | libc6.1 (>= 2.10) | libc0.1 (>= 2.10), libgconf2.0-cil (>= 2.24.0), libglade2.0-cil (>= 2.12.9), libglib2.0-cil (>= 2.12.9), libgnome-vfs2.0-cil (>= 2.24.0), libgnome2.24-cil (>= 2.24.0), libgnomepanel2.24-cil (>= 2.26.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.19.4), libgtk2.0-cil (>= 2.12.9), libmono-corlib2.0-cil (>= 1.2.2.1), libmono-posix2.0-cil (>= 2.4), libmono-system2.0-cil (>= 2.4.3), libx11-6, gconf2 (>= 2.10.1-2)
Suggests: mono
Filename: pool/universe/d/drapes/drapes_0.5.2-3.2_all.deb
Size: 182464
MD5sum: 58b313c4bbb2d133d33082afaf8eefe6
SHA1: 6e3a69cc2520a63a064d33865d122d3acb21f079
SHA256: a1d50331cbd57988feadaa10c0b1ad7b39a838cb4d3c532705bcd62af9bcaff8
Description: a desktop wallpaper management application for the GNOME desktop
 The aim of drapes is to complete (or replace) the built-in GNOME desktop
 wallpapers selection tool. It can be configured as a tray application or as a
 panel applet. The bigest selling point of drapes is the ability to rotate
 wallpapers on a timely basis. It strives to be as simple as possible and
 fits in the rest of the GNOME 2 desktop.
Homepage: http://drapes.mindtouchsoftware.come/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu

foo@pcfoo1:~$ drapes --debug
** Running drapes in Debug Mode **
Running with extra debug output
Opening wallpaper list: /home/foo/.gnome2/drapes.xml
Filesystem monitor on: /home/foo/Pictures/wallpapers enabled
Wallpaper switch to: /usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/background-1.xml
Wallpaper switch to: /home/foo/Pictures/DSCN2403.JPG
Wallpaper switch to: /home/foo/Pictures/wallpapers/DSCN2385.JPG
Wallpaper switch to: /usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/background-1.xml
Wallpaper switch to: /home/foo/Pictures/DSCN2403.JPG
Wallpaper switch to: /home/foo/Pictures/wallpapers/DSCN2385.JPG

alarming for what looks like such a basic issue to have been around for so long. Are Canonical's resources so short, or do they just not care? (I have a lot of issues with this distro, most of which are 3 years old.)