On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 03:31:05AM +0200, Chadley Wilson wrote: > Greetings > > The easy way to replace the default wallpaper is by replacing default_blue.jpg > with a picture with the same name. > but would it not be correct to change the config file that specifies this as > the default profile for all new user accounts? > > If so I have grepped the life out of FC3 and seems apparent I am looking for > the wrong thing. > could some one please help? I used gconf-editor to change the value of key: /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename to: /home/user/images/saturn.jpg Subsequently, the command "fgrep -ir saturn.jpg ." reveals: -------------------------------- ./.gconf/desktop/gnome/background/%gconf.xml: <stringvalue>/home/user/images/saturn.jpg</stringvalue> ./.gnome2/backgrounds.xml: <name>saturn.jpg</name> ./.gnome2/backgrounds.xml: <filename>/home/user/images/saturn.jpg</filename> Binary file ./.thumbnails/normal/4b3f4943d5963a4a59c013f795a6604a.png matches -------------------------------- I'd guess that: 1. File .gconf/desktop/gnome/background/%gconf.xml contains the actual definition 2. File .gnome2/backgrounds.xml is the list of available backgrounds displayed from right-click on desktop/Change Desktop Background/Desktop Wallpaper 3. File ./.thumbnails/normal/4b3f4943d5963a4a59c013f795a6604a.png is the thumbnail displayed with the list of available backgrounds. Also in file .gconf/desktop/gnome/background/%gconf.xml it looks like you'll find other options you may want to set like "picture_options".