Questions tagged [wallpaper]
Questions about desktop background images.
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Cycling desktop wallpapers on Debian
Solution - https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4812/wallpaper-switcher/
Solution - Scaling options can be found in 'Tweaks' applicaton
Is there any easy way to cycle through a folder full of ...
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How to programmatically set KDE Plasma desktop wallpaper to a colour?
Like this similar question about image wallpapers asks:
How do I set the KDE desktop wallpaper to a .JPEG file from the command line?
...except that I want to set it to a colour rather than an image,...
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In Awesome, how to create a symlink to the wallpaper set by Variety?
In Awesome Window Manager, how would I modify the set_wallpaper script from Variety Wallpaper Changer (shown below) to create a symlink in ~/.cache/current_wallpaper to the newly set wallpaper image?
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Wallch not working since Plasma 6
I use KDE neon 6.0 (the KDE OS, based on Ubuntu) and I have recently updated to Plasma 6. Since then I've noticed that the desktop wallpaper was not updating and I searched for information about ...
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Budgie Black Wallpaper
I installed Budgie Desktop on Fedora Server 39.
The Problem is, that I also created a new Folder in the /usr/share/backgrounds directory, so that every user has access to it. First it was not showing ...
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background wallpaper install location
I yum install desktop-backgrounds-waves in Rocky 8.8 Linux.
When logged in (as root because i don't like sudo) I right click and choose Change Background... which opens up Settings - Background and ...
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What is the location where default wallpapers are located in Manjaro XFCE?
What is the location where default wallpapers are located in Manjaro XFCE? I tried looking into /usr/share/xfce4/ but cannot find any wallpapers.
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webpage / html as wallpaper
I tried komorebi which has this feature, but it changes the right click menu. I need something like lively wallpapers, which I use on windows, which doesnt change anything other than wallpaper, I'm ...
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Using systemd timer to change the background wallpaper
I am trying to use systemd timers to change my background wallpaper and it doesn't seem to be doing what I want.
Blelow I have listed the relevant files and outputs that I have.
bgchange.timer
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Change wallpaper in SLAX
On the SLAX website there is documentation for changing the wallpaper. Unfortunately, it doesn't work. After creating the module as instructed I moved it to /run/initramfs/memory/data/slax/modules/ ...
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How to increase GNOME timed wallpaper repaint frequency?
I'm setting up a timed wallpaper in GNOME, but when duration is configured to be < 1 second, it doesn't work as expected.
The duration (or each frame) is timed correctly, however the desktop ...
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My light-dm greeter only quickly shows my wallpaper then changes to the default one
I am trying to let the login greeter of my Debian unstable machine show a custom wallpaper. It shows up quickly at boot, like half a second but then it fades into the default wallpaper.
What could be ...
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Am I using Cron / Crontab Correctly in Pop_OS! / Ubuntu?
I'm attempting to use dwall (Dynamic Wallpaper) with cron to schedule an hourly wallpaper change on Pop!_OS 21.04, but for whatever reason cron.service isn't executing my crontab file (comment lines ...
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Where do I find the path of the current desktop background in Cinnamon?
I'm using Cinnamon on Devuan Chimaera. I'm trying to migrate an earlier user home directory (from Devuan Beowulf). Specifically, I'm trying to use the same background image. But I can't figure out ...
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How to change the gnome backgrounds default search directory?
I'm using
Debian10.10 and
gnome 3.30.2
When I change the background from settings as shown below, the gnome checks for wallpapers in the /home/prithvi/Pictures/ but, I want gnome to check for ...
