On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 10:30:03AM -0800, Dale wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 03:31:05AM +0200, Chadley Wilson wrote:
[an inquiry about how to change the default desktop background,
presumably under gnome]
I replied about how it seemed it could be changed on disk for
an already-logged in user...
> 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".
However, I didn't properly address the original question of how to
change the default. (Indeed, I did no testing and don't know if I
was on the right track anyway).
Upon further investigation, I see that file
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/desktop/gnome/background/%gconf.xml
contains the line:
<entry name="picture_filename" mtime="1100460550" schema="/schemas/desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename"/>
which suggests that the actual definition of the default is in file
/etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_background.schemas
which contains a section that *begins* with:
<schema>
<key>/schemas/desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename</key>
<applyto>/desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename</applyto>
<owner>gnome</owner>
<type>string</type>
<default>/usr/share/backgrounds/images/default.png</default>
<locale name="C">
<short>Picture Filename</short>
<long>File to use for the background image</long>
</locale>
... followed by info for other locales, etc.
That may be an appropriate place to investigate. Perhaps there is
also a GUI editor for it.
This is part of package GConf. Maybe the listing from the following
would lead to something interesting:
rpm -ql GConf
