On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 10:32:49AM +1000, david walcroft wrote: Just dropping files in there isn't sufficent to make them show up on the default list of options for "Change Desktop Background" in GNOME. Users will still have to click "Add Wallpaper" and browse to that directory first. Unless something has changed that I didn't notice. -- Matthew Miller mattdm(a)mattdm.org <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>

No, they are in /usr/share/backgrounds/images/ and /usr/share/backgrounds/tiles. They come from the RPM packages 'desktop-backgrounds-basic' and 'desktop-backgrounds-extra' found on disc 1. To change the default list of images(for all users) that shows up when running the gnome-background-properties program, you need to edit the XML file: /usr/share/gnome-wallpaper-properties/desktop-backgrounds-basic.xml Better yet though, especially if you are just adding ADDITIONAL images, is to create your own XML file(s) for each image collection. All you need to do is to create an XML file of any name describing your new images and put it into the /usr/share/gnome-wallpaper-properties/ directory...that's it. The XML file you create should follow the general format like: ====== CUT ====== <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE wallpapers SYSTEM "gnome-wp-list.dtd"> <wallpapers> <wallpaper> <name>Your Image Title</name> <filename>/path/to/your/image.jpg</filename> <options>stretched</options> <shade_type>solid</shade_type> <pcolor>#FFFFFF</pcolor> <scolor>#000000</scolor> </wallpaper> <wallpaper> ....... and so on ...... </wallpaper> </wallpapers> ====== /CUT ====== -- Deron Meranda

On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 12:05:54 -0600, Kevin Freeman <kfreem02(a)comcast.net&gt; wrote: Even the "basic" set contains many images (or more precisely tiles) that are not listed in it's XML file. My guess is that the packagers wanted the default selection set to be somewhat small to keep it simple for the user. I do agree though that there are a few images in the extra set which are good enough and of general interest to perhaps be listed in an XML file. Of course you don't want everything....should the dozens and dozens of space photos be listed on the default set? What I'm interested in myself is how to submit new original copyright-free images. Of course I only want the best and broadest-interest photos/artwork (and hence I want the packagers to be very picky), but I would like to see some expansion on the default set (but not out of control either). I've always laughed at Windows selling it's separate Plus! software for an outrageous amount of money just to get a couple mildly-interesting themes. Surely the Linux folk can do much better, and all for free. Perhaps this is a subject for the Fedora Extras? -- Deron Meranda