On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 04:06 -0500, Deron Meranda wrote: > > >Just dropping files in there isn't sufficent to make them show up on the > > >default list of options for "Change Desktop Background" in GNOME. Users will > > >still have to click "Add Wallpaper" and browse to that directory first. > > To change the default list of images(for all users) that shows up when running > the gnome-background-properties program, you need to edit the XML file: > > /usr/share/gnome-wallpaper-properties/desktop-backgrounds-basic.xml > > Better yet though, especially if you are just adding ADDITIONAL images, > is to create your own XML file(s) for each image collection. All you need > to do is to create an XML file of any name describing your new images > and put it into the /usr/share/gnome-wallpaper-properties/ $ rpm -ql desktop-backgrounds-basic|grep xml /usr/share/gnome-wallpaper-properties/desktop-backgrounds-basic.xml $ rpm -ql desktop-backgrounds-extra|grep xml (nothing) Explains why the "extras" backgrounds have to be added via the Add Wallpaper button of Desktop Background Preferences. Kevin Freeman
