> gconftool-2 --type string --set \ > /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename $I Ah! So maybe that is the secret to making the webcollage screensaver work! Although I'm getting a bunch of junk like this now. Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected non-continuation byte 0x56, immediately after start byte 0xd6) in pattern match (m//) at ./webcollage line 801. On Fri, 2002-11-22 at 11:12, Havoc Pennington wrote: > On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 12:26:54PM -0500, Randolph L. Chrismon wrote: > > Is anyone aware of a program that will automatically change the > > Bluecurve/Gnome wallpaper on some regular schedule? I've tried CHBG but > > it seems unable to actaully change the wallpaper. Interestingly, the RH > > 8.0 documentation says that gqview is able to set the wallpaper using > > ctrl-w or a menu option. That, however, does not work either. In any > > event, I'm looking for an application that will let me select either a > > directory or multiple files then randomly set one of those files as the > > desktop background on some schedule. > > > > while true; do > # WALLPAPERS="myfilename.png myotherfilename.png" > WALLPAPERS=`find mywallpaperdir -name "*.png"` > > for I in $WALLPAPERS; do > sleep 60 > gconftool-2 --type string --set \ > /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename $I > done > done > > Make the script more elaborate as you see fit... > > Havoc -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
