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Help and Support => Archives => wattOS R9 => Topic started by: shijimi on October 22, 2015, 10:56:50 PM
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Hi all,
I'm using the wattOS R9 Microwatt version, and I'm totally in love with it!
I want to change the desktop background wallpaper, but I have no idea how to do it in this version of wattOS.
Does anyone have any clue to do it?
P.S. I've tried typing ' gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri "file:///filename" ' in the terminal, but I had no success :(
Thanks in advance!!
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Welcome aboard. Right click on the desktop. Select desktop preferences.
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Thanks for your reply!
However, I'm using the Microwatt version with i3 window manager, so I can't right click the desktop...
Any other ways?
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Can't go into details atm as on phone typing this but looking possible install of nitrogen or feh could help as wallpaper is done I believe by default in X11. Variety could be another program. I'll post again when I get back to my main pc
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Here is a useful link I think. Oooh, it rhymed :)
https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6/how-can-i-set-a-desktop-background-image-in-i3/
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Hi blaze...
Its as i thought on my post.. external program like nitrogen. feh is not the easiest to use being arch mainly !!
anyways thanks for posting the link as i was on my phone at the time when i answered.
Hope the link helps shijimi
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Hello blaze and cheiron
Thanks for replying to my post!
The link blaze posted really helped.
I was able to successfully change the desktop image by typing
"feh --bg-scale /path/to/image.file"
in my .fehbg file, and by also changing the
"exec --no-startup-id feh --bg-scale /path/to/image"
in my .i3/config file.
Thank you all for helping me!!
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Awesome! Glad you got it all sorted ;D