Sorry for the delayed response Todd,
I was replying to the file you seem to have found from one of your commands
Try this though:
sudo nano ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-desktop.xml
And see if you can't find the value= line to edit, you can of course use vi too, but you probably/might know that as I see from your messages you're typing out some pretty nice commands there.
Someone with a little more experience with Fedora XFCE should chime in. I found that Fedora XFCE had a lot of bugs myself, I ended up switching to Arch and Antergos after lots of frustration
Have you tried opening the desktop settings window in the command line? I can think of two reasons why that may help. First it might show you where the config file is for that particular settings window when you click apply. Second you could try running as sudo and setting your settings there, seeing if that might make a difference, sudo shouldn't be necessary but that's what I would try
Also, I hate to state the stupidly obvious but if there's an apply button or anything like it, you probably have to click it before closing the window.
On Mar 7, 2016 7:18 AM, "ToddAndMargo" <ToddAndMargo@zoho.com
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On Mar 6, 2016 22:03, "ToddAndMargo" <ToddAndMargo@zoho.com
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On Mar 4, 2016 04:37, "ToddAndMargo"
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Hi All,
I posted this to the regular Xfce group,
but no joy.
I just installed a new workstation with
Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-23-10.iso. It
comes with Xfce 4.12
Problem with Desktop Settings: It is
suppose to look like:
http://jsmylinux.no-ip.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/WorkSpace-Wallpaper-01.png
But what I get is a blank "wallpaper for
...". When I
go to select the folder, after exiting and
restarting
settings, it goes back to "none". The
wallpaper
area always stays empty.
I also installed
Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-23-10.iso to
a virtual machine and was able to
duplicate the issue
with the exception that the virtual
machine won't move
off of "images" and does show three blue
wallpapers.
$ ps ax | grep -i xfdesktop
2429 ? Sl 0:01 xfdesktop --display :0.0
--sm-client-id
29b1e4965-d809-48ff-92e2-dc5e898ee44c
How do I fix this?
And is this a "bug" in the Live ISO?
Many thanks,
-T
On 03/05/2016 03:02 PM, Roman Collins wrote:
Hey have you managed to solve your issue already?
If not try unchecking the box that says "Change the
background" and
checking the box "Apply to all workspaces"
Hope that helps,
Roman
Hi Roman,
On my VM, "Change the background" woke and unwoke my
ability
to change the background directory.
On the machine in question, no joy.
I think there is some corruption or something.
Do y9 know how to set this manually (vi)?
-T
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On 03/07/2016 03:34 AM, Roman Collins wrote:
This, although from 2008 may be helpful:
https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=4317
Check ~/.config/xfce4/mcs_settings/desktop.xml
Or that directory for settings related to the background.
If it's not there, maybe, just maybe ~/gtk-2.0 or gtk-3.0
You may also want to try installing "mlocate," and use the 'locate'
command with "wallpaper" or "background" and see what comes up for
config files
- Roman
Hi Roman,
I have been using "find . -exec grep -l xxx {} \;" to try and
find where the setting is kept, but no joy.
This is my xfce4 config directory:
$ ls -al .config/xfce4
total 0
drwxr-xr-x. 6 tony users 61 Mar 4 01:29 .
drwxr-xr-x. 10 tony users 162 Mar 4 12:52 ..
drwx------. 2 tony users 72 Mar 5 18:34 desktop
drwxr-xr-x. 7 tony users 100 Mar 4 01:30 panel
drwxr-xr-x. 3 tony users 33 Mar 4 01:28 xfconf
drwx------. 2 tony users 6 Mar 4 01:28 xfwm4
No sign of "mcs_settings" on either the function or
the non-functioning machine.
$ find .config/xfce4 -exec grep -l -i desktop {} \; 2>&1 | grep -v
direct
.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml
.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml
.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfwm4.xml
.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-desktop.xml
.config/xfce4/desktop/icons.screen0-1008x752.rc
.config/xfce4/desktop/icons.screen0-1008x672.rc
.config/xfce4/panel/launcher-9/14570837401.desktop
.config/xfce4/panel/launcher-10/14570837402.desktop
.config/xfce4/panel/launcher-11/14570837403.desktop
.config/xfce4/panel/launcher-12/14570837404.desktop
.config/xfce4/panel/launcher-16/14570838025.desktop
$ find .config/xfce4 -exec grep -l -i background {} \; 2>&1 | grep
-v direct
.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-desktop.xml
xfce-perchannel-xml:
<property name="workspace0" type="empty">
<property name="color-style" type="int" value="0"/>
<property name="image-style" type="int" value="5"/>
<property name="last-image" type="string"
value="/usr/share/backgrounds/images/default.png"/>
<property name="backdrop-cycle-enable" type="bool"
value="true"/>
</property>
Not finding a "path" or a list of backgrounds. Just the last
background used.
So, who knows.
-T
On 03/07/2016 10:29 AM, Roman Collins wrote:
It seems like "xfce4-desktop.xml" would be it... have you tried editing
the path in that config file to reflect the path of your desired
background and restarting, then logging in and out? The line that says
"value=" that is
Hi Roman,
I must be blind as I am not seeing it. Would you cut and paste it
for me?
-T
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