..snip.. On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Jatin K <ssh.fedora@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Monday 08 August 2011 09:47 PM, Jitesh Shah wrote: >> I have a pictures directory and a cron script that changes my >> wallpaper every hour. For this, I need a way to change the wallpaper >> via commandline. >> >> > try this[1] script > > http://pastebin.mozilla.org/1293995 make it executable and run it The script has the following lines in it: conf_client = gconf.client_get_default() conf_client.add_dir("/desktop/gnome/background", gconf.CLIENT_PRELOAD_NONE) conf_client.set_string("/desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename", xml_file_path) As I said in the first email, this (gnome-control-center doesn't use gconf anymore to store background image information) has stopped working. I haven't had an opportunity to go home, open up my laptop and try dconf as Michael said, but gconf doesn't do the job anymore since F15. Cool script though. I'll spend some time on this today and let you know the new command-line. Jitesh -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines