How to toggle a wallpaper by terminal

gnanini · 2017-01-20 02:38:43

I'm a archlinux user and some time ago, 2 months, I had a custom command on thunar to set a wallpaper,,,

I searched again this command, but I can't set my wallpapers anymore.

the command is :

$ xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -p /backdrop/screen0/monitor0/image-path -s /usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/xfce-blue.jpg

the terminal returns:
Property "/backdrop/screen0/monitor0/image-path" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop". If a new property should be created, use the --create option.

what should I do?

ToZ · 2017-01-20 02:49:35

You need to make sure that you get the correct xfconf path. It varies from version to version and from setup to setup. To get it, do this:

xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -m

...then change the wallpaper using the GUI method. When it changes, it will display the path in the terminal window. Use that path instead of "/backdrop/screen0/monitor0/image-path" in your example.

gnanini · 2017-01-20 13:51:13

it is:
set: /backdrop/screen0/monitor0/workspace0/last-image

but
xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -p /backdrop/screen0/monitor0/last-image -s "/usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/xfce-blue.jpg"

returns
Property "/backdrop/screen0/monitor0/last-image" does not exist on channel "xfce4-desktop". If a new property should be created, use the --create option

I believe I'm using the wrong options,,,

ToZ · 2017-01-20 14:45:32

You're missing the workspace0 identifier in your command:

xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -p /backdrop/screen0/monitor0/workspace0/last-image -s "/usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/xfce-blue.jpg"

gnanini · 2017-01-20 18:06:47

it really works!!!

thanks

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How to toggle a wallpaper by terminal

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