On 03/19/2013 02:03 AM, Stephen Morris wrote: > On 03/18/2013 09:25 AM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: >> On 03/17/2013 04:13 PM, Stephen Morris wrote: >>> On 03/18/2013 04:00 AM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: >>>> On 03/17/2013 11:10 AM, Richard Vickery wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 16, 2013 9:09 PM, "Eddie G. O'Connor Jr." >>>>> <eoconnor25@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:eoconnor25@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > Figured I'd have to re-name the subject line in order to get a >>>>> response? Here's the original inquiry again: >>>>> > >>>>> > I seem to recall someone posting the procedure to "restoring" the >>>>> Options for setting a desktop background >>>>> (Center-Scale-Zoom-Tiles-etc) I have a friend who's Dell Inspirion >>>>> laptop was on its last legs, so I assisted them in installing F18, >>>>> but the feature for handling the desktop background is >>>>> gone...(missing? kidnapped?) Can anyone help with what needs to be >>>>> done in order to get it back? >>>>> > >>>>> > Thanks To All >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > EGO II >>>>> > -- >>>>> > users mailing list >>>>> > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>> > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >>>>> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>>>> > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >>>>> > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org >>>>> >>>>> I have a Dell Inspirion 1420 and found this feature - in Gnome >>>>> after clicking the user in the upper right corner, System Settings >>>>> --> Background (all of which is probably redundant as you have >>>>> probably done this) - then, with seemingly the same issue you have >>>>> where there are no buttons, after days I found that clicking the >>>>> image is where the access point is. >>>>> >>>>> Hope this helps, >>>>> >>>>> Richard >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> "after days I found that clicking the image is where the access >>>> point is" I'm thinking you mean the actual picture you want to be >>>> set as your background? Yeah, I'm clicking on that and I still get >>>> no settings that will allow me to set whether the background is >>>> Tiled.....Centered.......Fills the screen...Scales to size etc. I >>>> wonder if there's a configuration file that can be altered?....and >>>> Thanks for the reply!! >>>> >>>> >>>> EGO II >>>> >>> I'm not sure which desktop you are using (Gnome, KDE, etc) but I am >>> using KDE and have the desktop configured to folder view in F18 and >>> if you right click on the background then select "Folder View >>> Properties" from the subsequent dialog, the next dialog displayed >>> defaults to the view setting where there is a "positioning" drop down >>> which has all the options selectable that you are looking for. >>> >>> regards, >>> Steve >>> >>> >> I'm still using the Gnome desktop, (I happen to find it very >> appealing...although a lot of folks don't!) And I've just tried >> Richard's solution, which I THOUGHT was working, apparently, it's not. >> But it's ok. I will continue to check the config files for gnome and >> see what I can find. thanks for your help! >> >> >> EGO II >> > If you are using Gnome, I read in one of the Australian Magazines a > while ago that the Gnome developers removed a lot of the configuration > options from Gnome 3, and there there was a tool that could be > downloaded that reintroduced a number of them that the magazine > recommended as being the first download that should be done for Gnome 3. > Unfortunately I don't remember the name of the tool and I don't have the > article anymore as I stopped using Gnome the first time I tried it when > I found that I couldn't right click on the desktop and create > application links. > > regards, > Steve > >> >> > > > You might be referring to 'gnome-tweak-tool' . -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
