LXQT desktop preferences

jozmak · 08-04-2017, 05:38 PM

I just install lxqt arch and I can't change the desktop wallpaper because the browse wallpapers button grayed out.

I have only black background.

Does anyone know what could be the problem.

The system otherwise works fine.

Thanks.

Ztcoracat · 08-04-2017, 07:29 PM

Hi:

Not sure why it's grayed out but there is something else you can do.

Go to a wallpaper website and download wallpapers that you like into your pictures directory. Once you have a few you should be able to right click on the wallpaper and set it as your desktop background.

jozmak · 08-04-2017, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Ztcoracat

Hi:

Not sure why it's grayed out but there is something else you can do.

Go to a wallpaper website and download wallpapers that you like into your pictures directory. Once you have a few you should be able to right click on the wallpaper and set it as your desktop background.

Thanks for replying.

I don't have such option in the right click menu.

Ztcoracat · 08-04-2017, 07:40 PM

Here's a few wallpaper websites:

https://wall.alphacoders.com/by_category.php?id=1

https://www.pexels.com/search/HD%20wallpaper/

https://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/downloads/date/any/

Ztcoracat · 08-04-2017, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by jozmak

Thanks for replying.

I don't have such option in the right click menu.

You're Welcome.

Well that's not good that you don't have the right click menu. You should.
After downloading a picture you can't right click on the picture and set it as your background at all?

Try looking in /usr/share/backgrounds <or> /usr/share/wallpapers.

Feh can be used to set the desktop wallpaper. (this might help)
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/feh

Nitrogen looks promising:-
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/nitrogen

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LXQt

jozmak · 08-04-2017, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ztcoracat

You're Welcome.

Well that's not good that you don't have the right click menu. You should.
After downloading a picture you can't right click on the picture and set it as your background at all?

Try looking in /usr/share/backgrounds <or> /usr/share/wallpapers.

Feh can be used to set the desktop wallpaper. (this might help)
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/feh

Nitrogen looks promising:-
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/nitrogen

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LXQt

This is a fresh install. This is not the first time I installed lxqt, but I've never experienced anything like that.

I tried feh. For a second the new background image came up but after the black background set in.

Something wrong here. But I don't know what.

Ztcoracat · 08-04-2017, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by jozmak

This is a fresh install. This is not the first time I installed lxqt, but I've never experienced anything like that.

I tried feh. For a second the new background image came up but after the black background set in.

Something wrong here. But I don't know what.

Yeah it sounds like something went wrong with the install.

You could try to perform another fresh installation or if you don't want to do that, install another desktop environment.

jozmak · 08-04-2017, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Ztcoracat

Yeah it sounds like something went wrong with the install.

You could try to perform another fresh installation or if you don't want to do that, install another desktop environment.

That's what I will do I reinstall it tomorrow.

LXQT is one of my favorite desktops.

Ztcoracat · 08-04-2017, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by jozmak

That's what I will do I reinstall it tomorrow.

LXQT is one of my favorite desktops.

OK-

I looked at some pictures online of the LXQT DE and it is nice.

Good luck with your fresh install tomorrow.
Let us know how it goes.

jozmak · 08-05-2017, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Ztcoracat

OK-

I looked at some pictures online of the LXQT DE and it is nice.

Good luck with your fresh install tomorrow.
Let us know how it goes.

I reinstalled it, and now everything is fine.

I don't know what went wrong with my first attempt.

Ztcoracat · 08-05-2017, 08:16 PM

Glad to hear that your fresh installation went well. I bet your happy.-

Sometimes during an install things go wrong. It's happened to me before a while back.
The installer can sometimes get stuck or move slower than normal.

Enjoy your new distro and the rest of the weekend.

Don't forget to mark your thread SOLVED.