Setting desktop background with gconftool-2

Asked Mar 19 '12 at 00:44

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How to change desktop background from command line in Unity?

gconftool-2 --type string --set /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename /path/file.jpg

doesn't work. It changes the variable but the background doesn't change.

gconftool-2 --get /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename

outputs the file that I set for desktop background. Any ideas?

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

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asked Mar 19 '12 at 00:44

Mohammad Moghimi

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You have to put the complete address of the file not just the name – Uri Herrera Mar 19 '12 at 01:01
I also tested it with an absolute path. It still doesn't work. – Mohammad Moghimi Mar 19 '12 at 21:27
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1811571 – Uri Herrera Mar 19 '12 at 22:25

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