On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 3:41 AM, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Something is fundamentally not working here. I'm just trying to change the > desktop background picture. > > I go into Settings > Desktop. The "Background" tab is open by default. > > The "Folder" dropdown list offers several predefined locations. I pick > "Other", and a file selection dialog opens, showing the contents of > "/usr/share". > > But every file and subdirectory of "/usr/share" is grayed out and disabled. > I can't actually browse the filesystem. The dialog is dead. > > The only thing I can do here is pick from one of the preselected directory > locations on the left, like "Desktop", "Documents", "Music", etc. Each one > opens the corresponding directory, but that's it. Every file and > subdirectory is grayed out and disabled. > > I'm seeing this on two separate laptops that were upgraded to F26. What the > heck is going on? The same happens here, Sam. A workaround: go to /usr/share/backgrounds/ through your file manager, open your preffered wallpaper with Ristretto, and then View --> Set as Wallpaper. Paul _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
