Cannot change the locked screen background...

Monday, 16 April 2012

I was able to change the background bitmap, and also the log-in background
bitmap (by overwriting the defaults in
/usr/share/backgrounds/releasename/default )
But never the locked screen background.

I' ve tried this script, that supposedly works, but doesn't (it was
originally made for Ubuntu, which includes gksu, -Fedora doesn' t- so I
replaced it with beesu...

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#!/bin/bash
#
# GUI to change the Desktop, Login Screen and Lock Screen Backgrounds in
Gnome
#
# Depends on zenity
#
# Authors: Sikander Hayat Khan (idea) / Krytarik (GUI)
#

zenity --title="Choose Background Image" --info --text="Choose your
desired
background image in the following dialog."
IMAGE=$(zenity --title="Choose Background Image" --file-selection)

if [[ `file -i "$IMAGE"` == *image* ]]; then
    SCALE=$(zenity --title="Choose Scaling Option" --height=270 --list
--text="Choose a scaling option for your background image:" --radiolist
--hide-column=2 --column="" --column="" --column="" FALSE
wallpaper Tile
FALSE zoom Zoom FALSE centered Center TRUE scaled Scale FALSE stretched
Stretch FALSE spanned Span)

if [ -z "$SCALE" ]; then
    zenity --title="Info" --info --text="You didn't choose a scaling
option, the default, 'Scale', will be set."
    SCALE="scaled"
fi

APPLY=$(zenity --title="Apply to what?" --height=200 --list --text="To
which backgrounds shall the image be applied?" --checklist --multiple
--column="" --column="" TRUE Desktop TRUE 'Login Screen' TRUE
'Lock Screen')

if [ -n "$APPLY" ]; then

    if [[ $APPLY == *Desktop* ]]; then
        gconftool-2 --type string --set
/desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename "$IMAGE"
        gconftool-2 --type string --set
/desktop/gnome/background/picture_options $SCALE
    fi

    if [[ $APPLY == *Login\ Screen* ]]; then
        beesu "gconftool-2 --config-source=xml::/var/lib/gdm/.gconf --type
string --set /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename '$IMAGE'"
        beesu "gconftool-2 --config-source=xml::/var/lib/gdm/.gconf --type
string --set /desktop/gnome/background/picture_options $SCALE"
        beesu "chmod 644 '$IMAGE'"
    fi

    if [[ $APPLY == *Lock\ Screen* ]]; then
        beesu "gconftool-2 --direct --config-source
xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults --type string --set
/desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename '$IMAGE'"
        beesu "gconftool-2 --direct --config-source
xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults --type string --set
/desktop/gnome/background/picture_options $SCALE"
        beesu "chmod 644 '$IMAGE'"
    fi

    zenity --title="Confirmation" --info --text="$IMAGE has been set as
your $APPLY.\n\nNote: You need to relogin for the Lock Screen Background to
be applied."

else
    zenity --title="Failed!" --error --text="You didn't choose any
option,
nothing has been changed."
fi

else
    zenity --title="Failed!" --error --text="You didn't choose a valid
image, nothing has been changed."
fi
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Any idea of what me going wrong?
The script runs fine (req zenity) yet it seems the values it tries to set
with gconftool do not apply to F16?

FC

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