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 15:58, "ToddAndMargo" <ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com> wrote:
On Mar 7, 2016 7:18 AM, "ToddAndMargo" <ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com
>> <mailto:ToddAndMargo@zoho.com>> wrote:
>>
>> On Mar 6, 2016 22:03, "ToddAndMargo"
<ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com
>> <mailto:ToddAndMargo@zoho.com>
>> <mailto:ToddAndMargo@zoho.com
>> <mailto:ToddAndMargo@zoho.com>>> wrote:
>>
>> On Mar 4, 2016 04:37, "ToddAndMargo"
>> <ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com <mailto:ToddAndMargo@zoho.com>
>> <mailto:ToddAndMargo@zoho.com
>> <mailto:ToddAndMargo@zoho.com>>
>> <mailto:ToddAndMargo@zoho.com
>> <mailto:ToddAndMargo@zoho.com>
>> <mailto:ToddAndMargo@zoho.com
>> <mailto:ToddAndMargo@zoho.com>>>> wrote:
>>
>> 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...
>>
>> 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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