Cannot change desktop background

ekinakoglu · 09-14-2009, 06:04 AM

Hello,

I use Fedora 11 with all the updates up till now. I cannot change my desktop background using either System -> Preferences -> Appearance or gnome-control-center. I installed gconf-editor and checked the settings and everything seems normal and background is set to the wallpaper i desired but on the desktop nothing changes. What is wrong? Can you help me?

Thanks,

Ekin

mickza · 09-14-2009, 08:30 AM

Visit http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/

Right click the photo and select "Set as desktop background" - does this work?

ekinakoglu · 09-14-2009, 08:37 AM

No it does not work...

mickza · 09-14-2009, 09:05 AM

Just to be clear - a) it has never worked or - b) it stopped working after an update

ekinakoglu · 09-14-2009, 09:12 AM

As far as I know, It has never worked...

mickza · 09-14-2009, 09:29 AM

From System>Preferences>Appearance>Background you should see the attached screen - do you?.

Clicking on any of the backgrounds should take effect immediately (no need to click Make Default) - does this happen?

ekinakoglu · 09-14-2009, 12:23 PM

It does not take effect. I click on different backgrounds but it does not change...

mickza · 09-14-2009, 11:30 PM

Create & log on as a new user, System>Administration>Users & Groups>Add User - does it work now?

ekinakoglu · 09-15-2009, 01:23 AM

I added new user and logged in and changing desktop background worked. Then I logged in as my regular user and I could managed to change the background.

mickza · 09-15-2009, 01:43 AM

Great - I was going suggest downloading gconf-cleaner (yum install gconf-cleaner) if the new user was OK and the regular user still failed but don't bother if it's now working.

ekinakoglu · 09-15-2009, 01:49 AM

Thank you very much for your help...