I'm using 12.04. When I change wallpapers, I don't want to wait for the old wallpaper to fade out and the new one fade in. Is this possible?
2 Answers
To disable this fading is to turn off the hole gtk animations. Do this by editing or creating the file ~/.gtkrc-*.0
and add this line:
gtk-enable-animations = 0
Then log-off and on again.
Note: * refers to your gtk version (2 or 3) so replace it with yours.
In 13.10 Saucy Salamander, the setting is org.gnome.nautilus.desktop
-> background-fade
, can be disabled using dconf-editor
(Hit Ctrl+F to find it). You don't need to log out or restart something.