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Re: Change xfce4 wallpaper in order from a list

dummy@example.com (Sideburns) — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 03:02:41 +0000

Or, of course, you could just install and use wallpapoz.

Re: Change xfce4 wallpaper in order from a list

dummy@example.com (graysky) — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 13:00:07 +0000

Good idea, Pindakoe. Seems like this should be a native feature though...

Re: Change xfce4 wallpaper in order from a list

dummy@example.com (Pindakoe) — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 09:05:09 +0000

I think the issue is that xfdesktop will always take a random item from the list defined in the settings. A work-around could be:

construct your own list (fot instance using find)
Set xfdesktop to display a dummy wallpaper, say dummy.jpg. Don't set xfdesktop to use a list
Write a script that at given intervals copies the next file from your list over dummy.jpg and then reloads it (xfdesktop --reload)

Change xfce4 wallpaper in order from a list

dummy@example.com (graysky) — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 03:22:28 +0000

What what ever reason, the built-in functionality to change desktop wallpaper from a list does not work for me. My workaround has been to have a cronjob execute the following, but it has the nasty habit of repeating wallpapers. I want to have a my desktop wallpaper change at a regular interval and simply go down a list in order. Thankful for advice.

$ crontab -l
#     *     *   *    *        command to be executed
#-     -     -   -    -
#|     |     |   |    |
#|     |     |   |    +----- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0)
#|     |     |   +------- month (1 - 12)
#|     |     +--------- day of month (1 - 31)
#|     +----------- hour (0 - 23)
#+------------- min (0 - 59)
MAILTO=""

*/20 * * * *  [[ ! -z $(pidof xfdesktop) ]] && DISPLAY=:0.0 /usr/bin/xfdesktop --reload