Bug#217859: Doesn't set the background

[Juergen Kreileder]

Christian Marillat <marillat@debian.org> writes:

> Then you have a problem :
>
> ,----
> | $ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/background
> |  color1 = #39374b
> |  wallpaper-enabled = true
> |  color2 = #42528f
> |  color_shading_type = vertical-gradient
> |  secondary_color = #42528f
> |  primary_color = #39374b
> |  picture_filename = /home/marillat/Images/Homer.jpg
> |  picture_options = scaled
> |  picture_opacity = 100
> |  wallpaper-type = 1
> |  draw_background = true
> |  enabled = true
> |  opacity = 100
> |  wallpaper-filename = /usr/share/nautilus/patterns/dark-gnome.jpg
> |  background_properties_test = test
> |  orientation = 0
> `----
>
> Do you see the difference ? Your keys for background properties are
> missing.

I don't think that's the problem, adding the keys doesn't help.
(At least some of your additional keys seem to be leftovers from older
GNOME versions and are not listed in
/etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_background.schemas)


I just tried this:

* Logout from GNOME
* Remove ~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/background, in order to get the stock
  configuration
* Login through gdm with a session not containing nautilus

=> gconftool-2  -R /desktop/gnome/background
 color_shading_type = vertical-gradient
 secondary_color = #42528f
 primary_color = #39374b
 picture_filename = 
 picture_opacity = 100
 picture_options = wallpaper
 draw_background = true

But the desktop doesn't show this gradient, it's some darker solid
background.  Changes in the background capplet have no effect.
But if I start up nautilus, the background gets changed to what I've
configured.

So now I have 

 color_shading_type = vertical-gradient
 secondary_color = #42528f
 primary_color = #39374b
 picture_filename = /usr/share/gdm/themes/bijou/background.jpg
 picture_options = centered
 picture_opacity = 100
 draw_background = true

again.

* Logout
* Login through gdm with a session not containing nautilus

=> background settings not applied

* Logout
* Login through gdm with a session containing nautilus

=> background settings get applied


So it seems to be nautilus related.


/apps/nautilus is the stock configuration:

 start-state = []
 sound_state = 0
 preferences_version = 2
 /apps/nautilus/desktop:
  home_icon_visible = true
  trash_icon_name = (no value set)
  home_icon_name = (no value set)
  trash_icon_visible = true
 /apps/nautilus/list_view:
  default_sort_order = name
  default_zoom_level = smaller
  default_sort_in_reverse_order = false
 /apps/nautilus/icon_view:
  default_use_tighter_layout = false
  default_sort_order = name
  default_zoom_level = standard
  default_sort_in_reverse_order = false
  default_use_manual_layout = false
  labels_beside_icons = false
  captions = [none,size,date_modified]
 /apps/nautilus/sidebar_panels:
  /apps/nautilus/sidebar_panels/tree:
   show_only_directories = true
 /apps/nautilus/preferences:
  show_image_thumbnails = local_only
  side_pane_view = 
  window_always_new = false
  show_special_flags = true
  enable_delete = false
  start_with_status_bar = true
  desktop_font = sans 12
  sidbar_width = 148
  click_policy = double
  theme = default
  background_filename = 
  confirm_trash = true
  start_with_sidebar = true
  background_color = #ffffff
  side_pane_background_color = #ffffff
  start_with_location_bar = true
  desktop_is_home_dir = false
  preview_sound = local_only
  hide_built_in_bookmarks = false
  thumbnail_limit = 3145728
  add_to_session = true
  directory_limit = -1
  start_with_toolbar = true
  show_directory_item_counts = local_only
  show_icon_text = local_only
  side_pane_background_set = false
  default_folder_viewer = icon_view
  background_set = false
  executable_text_activation = ask
  show_desktop = true
  sort_directories_first = true
  search_bar_type = search_by_text
  side_pane_background_filename = 


        Juergen

-- 
Juergen Kreileder, Blackdown Java-Linux Team
http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/