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urban

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Registered: 2011-07-08

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"Desktop Settings" -> Background forgets added images :(

Hi Folks,

I've been using Xfce for about 30 minutes so far. I just installed Fedora 15, stopped Gnome, and started Xfce.

I just *had* to change the background image ... sorry.

So I click MB3 on desktop, select "Desktop Settings", and see that there are about 9 images -- fair enough.  They I "yum search background" and "yum install this-background that-background the-other-background", check where the stuff landed, which is in /usr/share/backgrounds/(this,that,the-other).

Then I start clicking on the plus-sign in the settings window to add background images.  The list grows and grows, and the plot thickens.

When i have added them all, I select one and click "close" to play a bit with some windows on the new background.

Then i go to Desktop Settings again and GRRRRRRRRR all the images are gone, except the one I selected.

Shouldn't Desktop Settings remember all the images I added???

cheers,

Rob

Nick

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Re: "Desktop Settings" -> Background forgets added images :(

Yeah, that is a known problem. I think we won't fix that in 4.8, but in the desktop rewrite which will embed in thunar.

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etnlWings

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Registered: 2007-10-30

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Re: "Desktop Settings" -> Background forgets added images :(

Yeah, the only work around is to add a link to your wallpaper directory to the /usr/share/backgrounds/... directory where you found the defaults. Be warned, however, that the Desktop dialogue will becomes extremely unresponsive and slow to load once you've got more than a few dozen files (give or take, depending upon your hardware) in that linked directory.

s0ulslack

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Registered: 2005-12-25

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Re: "Desktop Settings" -> Background forgets added images :(

I just throw all my personal images in ~/.local/share/xfce4/backdrops/ - the settings dialog picks them up fine (remove unwanted/unused cruft from /us/share/xfce4/backdrops

Last edited by s0ulslack (2011-07-10 13:58:28)

urban

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Registered: 2011-07-08

Posts: 3

Re: "Desktop Settings" -> Background forgets added images :(

thank for the workaround suggestions.

-Rob