>>>>> "John" == john wendel <jwendel10@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
John> On 06/21/2009 07:23 AM, Colin Paul Adams wrote:
>> I can set my screen-saver to display a random picture from my
>> Pictures folder, and it will keep changing it every few
>> seconds.
>>
>> But only when the screen-saver is active - I'd like to do the
>> same for my desktop background (GNOME).
>>
>> Is there a way to do this?
John> Ancient history ...
John> The programs "xsetroot filename", "xv -windowid id filename"
John> and "display -window root filename" will put an image in the
John> root window.
John> Gnome and KDE don't let you see the root window, they cover
John> it with a "virtual root window", so these programs don't
John> work any more. If you can figure out the window id of the
John> virtual root, you could probably get it working. I'm too
John> stupid.
John> Just complaining, don't have an answer.
That's OK. I've just written my own one - it sets the gconf key.
--
Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire
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