[SOLVED] Change GNOME wallpaper through a script or a command?

kushalkoolwal · 03-12-2010, 05:23 PM

So here is my GNOME background config file:

less .gconf/desktop/gnome/background/%gconf.xml

Code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gconf>
        <entry name="primary_color" mtime="1249674695" type="string">
                <stringvalue>#6666baba0000</stringvalue>
        </entry>
        <entry name="secondary_color" mtime="1249674695" type="string">
                <stringvalue>#6666baba0000</stringvalue>
        </entry>
        <entry name="picture_filename" mtime="1249674695" type="string">
                <stringvalue>/usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-background</stringvalue>
        </entry>
        <entry name="color_shading_type" mtime="1249674695" type="string">
                <stringvalue>solid</stringvalue>
        </entry>
        <entry name="picture_options" mtime="1249674695" type="string">
                <stringvalue>zoom</stringvalue>
        </entry>
</gconf>

Now I have a wallpaper which is stored at:
/usr/share/images/desktop/wallpapers/My-WallPaper.jpg

and I would like to edit the %gconf.xml file to use the above wallpaper:

Code:

<stringvalue>/usr/share/images/desktop/wallpapers/My-WallPaper.jpg</stringvalue>

I know that sed, awk or perl can be used to achieve this but not sure how to do it. Reading the sed one liner did not help.

Thanks.

lwasserm · 03-12-2010, 05:42 PM

I'm not very proficient with the syntax, you'll have to read the man page for that, but there is a command line tool named gconftool or sometimes gconftool-2 that can be used to manipulate keys and values in the gnome configuration database.

kushalkoolwal · 03-12-2010, 06:04 PM

I think I know about the gconftool but I was looking to use something other than that. But thanks anyways...