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No wallpaper after installing Gnome Shell [13.04] [duplicate]

After installing Gnome Shell 3.8, my wallpaper disapear and I see only white space on desktop. After nautilus -q white turn into black, but I still can't see picture (Picture is set correctly, because ...
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“Change wallpaper” option doesn't work

I have installed Ubuntu-GNOME then installed Unity desktop and I can't change my wallpaper! When I click on the option, the one thing that appears is the system settings window, without the option to ...
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Ubuntu 12.04LTS cannot change Date&time and Wallpaper and screen timeout in System Settings

Problem: Cannot change Date&time settings, there is no response toggling "Weekday", "Date and month" and "12-hour" or "24-hour". Cannot change Wallpaper. Cannot change "Turn screen off when ...
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Can change background only from Gnome, not from Unity

I just upgraded my Ubuntu from 12.04 to 12.10 and I see when I right click on the desktop and click on change desktop background, all I get is the system settings dialogue and not the change desktop ...
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Why can't I change the wallpaper in Gnome Shell and Unity?

I've just installed Gnome Shell and changed the theme and so on; but I can't change the wallpaper. I'm using the Gnome Control Center to change the wallpaper but it doesn't work even if i ...
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Unable to apply wallpapers

We are unable to apply wallpapers, we are getting the following error. How do i fix it?? Error: Error setting value: Can't overwrite existing read-only value: Value for ...
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My desktop Wallpaper keeps Disappearing whenever i Log in.?

I m using ubuntu 12.04, gnome classic and whenever i log in my wallpaper disappears leaving only black screen I did visit this thread Why is my background image always disappearing when I log in? ...
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Background setting - cropping options

When setting a wallpaper you can choose from tile, zoom, center, scale, fill or span options. What do they mean? How scale option is different from zoom and span? I can't see the difference on any of ...
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How to install the blue stripes animated wallpaper in Ubuntu 12.10

How can I install the default Gnome-Shell 3.4 animated background (or 'wallpaper') in Ubuntu 12.10? The background is dynamic, becoming brighter and more radiant during the day, and dark and shadowy ...
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Multiple wallpapers in Gnome-Shell

I know this has been asked to death, but I can't get it to work. I'm trying to have multiple wallpapers (one different wallpaper per workspace) and I've done the whole Compiz Wallpaper plugin set the ...
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Does anybody know why the new Gnome 3.4 changing wallpaper does not change?

I've upgraded from 11.10 to 12.04 and installed Gnome 3.4. I've selected the default Gnome wallpaper which is supposed to change througouht the day but it does not change...
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Is there a way to disable changing the background in GNOME?

I am setting up Ubuntu 12.04 with Gnome3 for a computer lab. I don't want the users to be able to change the background of the computer. Is there a way to prevent this? Or to revert the background ...
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How to change the desktop wallpaper that's part of a slideshow?

I am currently running Ubuntu 11.10 running Gnome 3/ Gnome shell. I love the new Ubuntu desktop backgrounds, especially the one that changes periodically. However, that angular cat graphic drives me ...
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Wallpaper always tiled on one screen with dual monitors

It seems like there is a bug in gnome-shell. It's just impossible for me to add a wallpaper that will be spanned on boths screens. It's either spanned on the first and tiled on the second screen or ...
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How do I use different wallpaper on each workspace?

I want to use different wallpaper on each workspace, but the following does not change background wallpapers: There are problem ....left -right at click on workspaces.(Ubuntu 10.04)... ...
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How to make all windows add wallpaper or make Transparent?(as Command) [closed]

I want Gnome windows background add wallpaper or Transparent.. ( are there ShellScript as file example ? )
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Problem with desktop wallpaper slideshow

I have a problem with a wallpaper slideshow that I created (I am using GNOME 3 classic interface on Oneiric Ocelot). I followed the new "standard procedure" to create a new slideshow background on ...
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How do I create a desktop wallpaper slideshow in Oneiric? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I create a desktop wallpaper slideshow? None of the solutions listed in these two questions... How do I create a desktop wallpaper slideshow? How do I create a ...
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How do I change the wallpaper in GNOME 3 via a script?

The former way to change wallpaper in Gnome2 consists in use gconftool-2, but this tool has no effect in Gnome3. gconftool-2 --type=string --set /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename ...
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Desktop wallpaper won't display images, only colours and gradients

On my ubuntu 10.10 laptop, I've recently noticed (I'm a busy guy and don't focus on my minimalist wallpaper) that my wallpaper has disappeared and been replaced with a coloured background - annoyingly ...
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How do I add a background in AisleRiot Solitaire?

I've seen screenshots with different backgrounds on the AisleRiot card game. How do I set one in Ubuntu? Here is a picture of the background I made in GIMP which I want to use in AisleRiot; Please ...
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How do I set different wallpapers for different virtual desktops? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Workspace specific wallpapers with Compiz? The Gnome & Compiz feature of having many virtual desktops is appreciable, but I would have liked to make them more ...
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Active Web Site as Gnome Background

Is there a way to put an active website, such as Gmail, as your Desktop background in Gnome, running Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit? MS Win calls it "Active Desktop".
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Drapes crashed after adding too many wallpapers

The wallpapers managing tool,Drapes, crashed after I add too many wallpapers.Drapes can't be started. I want to modify or clean the file recording the path of added wallpapers,but I can't find the ...