[SOLVED] Script help please.

jtsmith90 · 01-23-2012, 07:03 AM

This use to work in 10.04. But i upgraded the other day and it doesnt work anymore. Is there some thing different that i have to do. No errors come up so I'm not quite sure.

Is there someone that can help me or change the code for me please.

Thanks Josh

Code:

#!/bin/bash

BACKGROUND_LOC='/home/yoda/Pictures/'          
#
###################################################################
#
### Code starts here.

## Pick new image function
pick_new_bg () {
	backgrounds=( $( < ~/.background_temp) )
	num_backgrounds=${#backgrounds[*]}
	NEW_BACKGROUND=$(echo -n "${backgrounds[$((RANDOM%num_backgrounds))]}")	
}

## Get and export the DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS for crontab compatibility
nautilus_pid=$(pgrep -u $LOGNAME -n nautilus)
eval $(tr '\0' '\n' < /proc/$nautilus_pid/environ | grep '^DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=')
export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS

## Find image titles in specified directory
ls $BACKGROUND_LOC | egrep -i ".jpg|.png" > ~/.background_temp

## Pick new background image
pick_new_bg

## Get file name of current background and ensure the new background is different
CURRENT_BACKGROUND=$(/usr/bin/gconftool-2 --get /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename | xargs basename)

while [ $NEW_BACKGROUND == $CURRENT_BACKGROUND ]
do
	pick_new_bg
done

## Set the new background and remove the temp file
/usr/bin/gconftool-2 --type string --set /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename $BACKGROUND_LOC/$NEW_BACKGROUND

rm ~/.background_temp

# The end for this script. :(

Quote:

yoda@Jedi-Consular:~/Documents/Scripts$ ./background
yoda@Jedi-Consular:~/Documents/Scripts$

corp769 · 01-23-2012, 07:36 AM

Hello,

I would run the following manually and see if it still works:

Code:

/usr/bin/gconftool-2 --type string --set /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename $BACKGROUND_LOC/$NEW_BACKGROUND

Most likely, this will be where the problem is, since you are probably using unity now. Can I ask what version you upgraded to? Also, install gconf-editor, and launch the utility, and browse to that said location, and see if it even exists. You may have to research the new config location to use within your script.

Cheers,

Josh

jtsmith90 · 01-23-2012, 09:52 AM

Code:

/usr/bin/gconftool-2 --type string --set /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename $BACKGROUND_LOC/$NEW_BACKGROUND

I used this but it didn't work either.

I upgraded to 11.10 still trying to get use to all the new stuff thats around. I will try gconf-editor, and launch the utility and see what i can find.

Josh

corp769 · 01-23-2012, 10:07 AM

Well you understand what that does, correct? That's what I'm trying to get at - pretty much what you just said. I'm not on linux right now, so I can't look at what I need to in order to give you the right information to fix it.

jtsmith90 · 01-23-2012, 10:17 AM

No didn't really understand. Trying to work out were to put it in the script.