[SOLVED] Nautilus command line option to set desktop wallpaper?

[ladr0n]

Hey guys

Is there a way to set the nautilus wallpaper from the command line? I have a script to set a random wallpaper at each login in openbox (using feh) and I'd like to do something similar on my gnome desktop.

[Diabolis]

That is similar to what was done in this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...wallpaper+perl

What solved it was this post: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...00&postcount=3

The command that you actually want to use is a gnome key:

gconftool-2 -t str --set /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename "Path to the image file"

[ladr0n]

Okay, thanks. That's exactly what I was looking for.

[Twexcom]

gconftool-2 -t str --set /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename "/home/beetle/Desktop/yourfilename"

That is one way which you can do it.

It was even put in a script to make things easier, so you can just right click an image and click "set as wallpaper", and it does it automatically: http://www.kompulsa.com/it/itdownloa...utilus_scripts