Cannot change wallpaper after showing/hiding desktop
Bug #214347 reported by
Matthew Dwyer
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs | ||
Hardy |
Fix Released
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Low
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
Bug Description
In Gnome, I lose the ability to change my wallpaper if I show or hide desktop icons.
I am using Ubuntu hardy (development branch) 8.04
To replicate the bug do the following;
1. Confirm that you can change desktop wallpaper (system/
2. Now run gconf-editor and edit apps/nautilus/
3. Try to change your wallpaper as before. It doesn't change.
4. Repeat step 2 toggling show_desktop.
5. Try to change your wallpaper as before. It should change this time.
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My problem is slightly different from what I described above in that I can only change wallpaper with my desktop showing. No amount of toggling show_desktop helps me, but that works for others.
I recently deleted .gconf which got wallpaper changing working until I hid the desktop. I am just going to delete icons manually for now.