[NTLUG:Discuss] desk top wallpaper questions

[Steve Baker]

Jack Snodgrass wrote:
> Two questions about the desktop wallpaper.  I'm running gnome with Fedora FC3. 
> 
> 1). is there a command I can run from a shell to change the wallpaper
> background.

   xv -root {filename} -wait 0

...works for me.  There are a zillion other options to have it stretch the
image, tile the image, etc.  Run 'xv -help' or just RTFM for the details.

> I have found a couple of programs, but they don't seem to work. They try and 
> do more that I need and support different distributions. I just want a
> simple command
> like: 
> new_backgroud.sh filename
> and poof... I have a new background. 

xv does that for me.

> 2) When I do change the background, I get the same background on ALL 
> virtual desktops.... I am pretty sure that the answer is no.... or change window
> managers... but just in case there is an answer....  How do you specify a 
> different wallpaper for each virtual desktop? again... gnome/fedora. 

KDE can certainly do that - dunno about Gnome.

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