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I changed the Desktop wallpaper but the default one from Ubuntu 16.04 is still being shown. How can I troubleshoot and debug why changing the default wallpaper does not work?

Screenshot:

Wallpaper settings

According to the command-line output, the custom wallpaper is being applied but for some reasons not shown.

Wallpaper preview Nautilus

Command-line:

$ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri
'file:///home/orschiro/Pictures/Wallpapers/zen.jpg'
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  • Does it work with any other wallpaper image? – Jos Sep 26 '16 at 12:40
  • Did you try restarting your computer? Also, try gdm-restart. – negusp Sep 26 '16 at 12:48
  • i believe the desktop background is handled by nautilus , try browsing to the file with nautilus and check it can be thumbnailed, if not its possible nautilus is having trouble opening it. – Amias Sep 26 '16 at 12:58
  • Is this your first time trying to change wallpaper on this system? – jiipeezz Sep 26 '16 at 13:25
  • @Jos it doesn't work with any wallpaper, unfortunately. I did try restarting my computer. The command gdm-restart cannot be found. The image can be thumbnailed. I updated my question. Yes, it's the first time I am trying to change my wallpaper on this system. – orschiro Sep 27 '16 at 07:39
  • The new wallpaper is, however, shown and used as the background for the login screen. – orschiro Sep 27 '16 at 09:38
  • Dear all, please take a look at my answer below. – orschiro Sep 28 '16 at 09:10

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I found the solution from How to configure GNOME 3 to show icons on desktop.

The custom wallpaper is only shown if the following is being set true:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons true

My ultimate question: Is it not possible to hide Desktop icons but use a custom wallpaper?

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