Bug#645816: gnome-control-center: not able to add huge number of pictures for wallpapers using background

[shirish शिरीष]

Package: gnome-control-center
Version: 1:3.0.2-3
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,
           I was using $gnome-control-center background and wanted to
add some directories and images I had downloaded as a list in
gnome-control-center background. This is the way I went about it.

a. Either go to Apps > System Tools > Preferences > GNOME System
Settings > Background or use
$gnome-control-center background

b. Background gives three options Wallpapers, Pictures and Folders and
Colors and Gradients. Use either wallpapers or Pictures and Folders
and add a directory full of pictures.

c. Now close it

d. Come back again and try to see if its there. The images would not be there.

This is tiring to do again and again. I do remember that GNOME 2.x
used to use the .xml file from
/usr/share/gnome-background-properties/gnome-backgrounds.xml and that
is/used to be a lot of chore to make an .xml file. It seems
backgrounds still uses that. In any case the directory is not present
in the next instance of the application. You choose it, it is there
for this time. You close the app. and open it again it is not there
anymore. I tried also using $gksudo gnome-control-center background as
an attempt to be able to stick the picture list in backgrounds but was
unsuccessful.

Although I hate to say it, but I think this issue had been solved
longtime back in competing Os'es.

Looking forward to some solution or at least some clarity on the same.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'),
(1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_IN, LC_CTYPE=en_IN (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-control-center depends on:
ii  accountsservice            0.6.14-1
ii  apg                        2.2.3.dfsg.1-2
ii  desktop-file-utils         0.15-2
ii  gnome-control-center-data  1:3.0.2-3
ii  gnome-desktop3-data        3.0.2-2
ii  gnome-icon-theme           3.2.0-1
ii  gnome-icon-theme-symbolic  3.2.0-2
ii  gnome-menus                3.0.1-2
ii  gnome-settings-daemon      3.0.3-3
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas  3.0.1-1
ii  libatk1.0-0                2.2.0-2
ii  libc6                      2.13-21
ii  libcairo-gobject2          1.10.2-6.1
ii  libcairo2                  1.10.2-6.1
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0         0.28-2
ii  libcanberra0               0.28-2
ii  libcomerr2                 1.42~WIP-2011-10-16-1
ii  libcups2                   1.5.0-8
ii  libdbus-1-3                1.4.16-1
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2           0.98-1
ii  libfontconfig1             2.8.0-3
ii  libfreetype6               2.4.6-2
ii  libgconf2-4                2.32.4-1
ii  libgcrypt11                1.5.0-3
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0         2.24.0-1
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.28.8-1
ii  libgnome-control-center1   1:3.0.2-3
ii  libgnome-desktop-3-0       3.0.2-2
ii  libgnome-menu2             3.0.1-2
ii  libgnomekbd7               3.2.0-1
ii  libgnutls26                2.12.11-1
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2           1.9.1+dfsg-3
ii  libgtk-3-0                 3.0.12-2
ii  libgtop2-7                 2.28.4-1
ii  libk5crypto3               1.9.1+dfsg-3
ii  libkrb5-3                  1.9.1+dfsg-3
ii  libnm-glib4                0.9.0-2
ii  libnm-util2                0.9.0-2
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.29.4-1
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0      0.102-1
ii  libpulse-mainloop-glib0    1.0-4
ii  libpulse0                  1.0-4
ii  libstartup-notification0   0.12-1
ii  libupower-glib1            0.9.14-1
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.4.4-2
ii  libxi6                     2:1.4.3-3
ii  libxklavier16              5.1-2
ii  libxml2                    2.7.8.dfsg-5
ii  zlib1g                     1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3

Versions of packages gnome-control-center recommends:
ii  gnome-session      3.0.2-3
ii  gnome-user-guide   3.2.0.1-2
ii  iso-codes          3.29-1
ii  mousetweaks        3.2.0-1
ii  policykit-1-gnome  0.102-2

Versions of packages gnome-control-center suggests:
ii  gnome-screensaver         3.0.1-1
ii  gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio  0.10.30-1
ii  libcanberra-gtk-module    0.28-2
ii  x11-xserver-utils         7.6+3
ii  xscreensaver              5.14-1

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