Questions tagged [wallpaper]
For questions regarding the image displayed on the desktop background.
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Grey background overlays GDM3 wallpaper
i have a weird issue for a while. I have a GDM login screen on Ubuntu 23.04 set via Login Manager Settings, but when launching the system, wallpapers shows for a second and then gets overlayed by grey ...
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Desktop wallpaper is covered in black
I need help about this problem.
I use Ubuntu 22.04 as a clean install. I decided to change libadwaita to Materia-dark-compact for applications only and followed this tutorial: https://www.reddit.com/r/...
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How can I reset (fix) the desktop? It won't load wallpapers
I had been using Variety for a long time with my xubuntu system, but it has recently stopped working. I can't seem to be able to change the wallpaper anymore, nor can I select to "show icons"...
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How to test if .desktop file is working?
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I have a script that changes the wallpaper on my Ubuntu 22 every 5 minutes:
#!/bin/bash
targetDir="/home/pedro/Pictures/Wallpapers"
function get_next_photo() {
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Fix error: Cannot autolaunch D-Bus without X11 $DISPLAY on script to change wallpaper using systemd
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I have created a script that changes my wallpaper periodically. The script works perfectly fine when I run it from bash, but having to manually run it on every startup is becoming annoying, ...
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How to place a small image as a watermark on the desktop in KDE?
In Cinnamon, it is possible to add an image as a watermark, with this extension.
This is a screenshot of my computer (Linux Mint 19) from April 2019. The cat is added as a watermark.
When an image is ...
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on startup login screen has default wallpaper
I am on kubuntu 22.04 and when I start up my device, login screen shows the default login background not the one I set in settings.
waking from sleep or locking screen shows correct login screen ...
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How to remove a wallpaper on 22.04 LTS after applying it?
I wanted to choose a wallpaper by right clicking and selecting "Configure Desktop and Wallpapers".
I tested this using a a .jpg image and clicked "+Add Image" and then OK.
I didn't ...
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Change Blank Space Color of Scaled Wallpaper
If you set your wallpaper that is not the same scale as your screen, and set it to scaled mode on gnome-tweaks. You get a wallpaper with blank spaces. In windows, this blank spaces could be filled ...
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Is there any way to select a region of image as wallpaper on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
The image that I want to set as wallpaper gets cropped from undesirable centre location, no matter which option I select in the gnome tweaks. I have tried all "centre", "scaled", &...
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Make desktop background true black (OLED)
I am trying to set a totally black background on my Ubuntu 20.04 machine.
I have tried to set a black wallpaper image and have also tried to remove the image and set it via hex code.
My OLED screen is ...
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ubuntu-wallpapers: the copyright file doesn't seem to always contain the license with specific distribs
This is is a follow-up to this question. In short:
I would like to collect all the pictures from the various Ubuntu wallpapers together with their appropriate credits/license.
Thanks to the answer, I ...
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Understanding the copyright file in ubuntu-wallpapers
I would like to collect all the pictures from the various Ubuntu wallpapers together with their appropriate credits/license. I found how to get the packages thanks to this question and I found where ...
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Day-night mode separate wallpapers
In some way I had two separate wallpapers for Night and Day modes respectively. After I've decided to change the wallpaper I cannot grasp how to return the separate wallpapers feature. Can you help me ...
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I removed ubuntu-wallpapers-jammy and now there is no graphical interface
I wanted to remove and install ubuntu-wallpapers-jammy, but when I remove it, the graphical interface went out instantly (now I know why!) And now I just have a black terminal. I installed ubuntu-...
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Wallpaper resizing Ubuntu 22.04
Just upgraded to 22.04 but there seems to be no option for wallpaper positioning / resizing. Can you help me where can I find those settings? Not at the Background not at Appearances I can make ...
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bringing back the default wallpaper
I changed my background wallpaper multiple times today. Now I like to get back to default wallpaper. How can I reset the wallpaper change?
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Set multiple images as background on Ubuntu 18
I have multiple images and want to set them as desktop background. Something like image1.jpg, image2.jpg, image3.jpg.
I want to rotate the desktop background between these images like first image1.jpg ...
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Dual monitor wallpaper don't appear correctly after upgrade to 22.04
After upgrading to 22.04, the dual-screen wallpaper does not appear correctly on a dual monitor system. Only part of the wallpaper is repeatedly shown on both monitors instead of showing the entire ...
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Kubuntu 22.04.1 LTS: Can't set wallpaper
After having upgraded to Kubuntu 22.04.1 LTS from 20.04 LTS, I noticed that my KDE desktop wallpaper doesn't display any more. Also, right clicking on the desktop, nothing happens, no menu is ...
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Can't find the default Wallpapers
I changed my wallpaper from a diffrent folder and now I can't find the default ones that come with the system. Does anyone know where they are located in xubuntu? When I right click to change Desktop ...
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File for background color
I need to find the file that controls the colors around the wallpaper image. Specifically when that image is scaled and there is a black border on the left and right side of the wallpaper image (See ...
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invalid number of concurrent streams
I'm running Kubuntu 21.10. I was trying to change wallpaper, which seemed to require installing new wallpapers. When I picked one and tried to install it, I got the message "invalid number of ...
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How to disable icon centering in Plasma 5.24.4
I want to make a stylish desktop by making the background interact with the icons, but I search a lot and couldn't find how to disable the icon grid (alignment), only in older versions of Plasma.
Here ...
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Gnome overview of windows is small in new Ubuntu 21
Hello I have upgraded Ubuntu and now when I press the "Windows" key for window overview, the window previews are smaller than in previous Ubuntu version. Can I make it as big as before, ...
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Picture of the day wallpaper not working?
My hardisk past away and I need to reinstall Kubuntu in my notebook. First I tried last LTS 22.04, in this version Bing "Picture of the day" worked but because I started to have a lot of ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 background color and wallpaper not showing together
In 20.04 I can choose a background color and center a wallpaper image for a nice effect.
In 22.04 I seem to be able to choose either a color or wallpaper, but not both.
Does anyone know how I can ...
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Desktop background mysteriously changed
When I booted my computer this morning, the wrong wallpaper appeared. The image file for my regular wallpaper was still where it was supposed to be, and it's still available in the Plasma Desktop ...
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wallpaper/background switches back to default when in dark mode 22.04 LTS
After upgrading to 22.04, I realized that the wallpaper/background will switch back to default jammy wallpaper when in dark model even after removing and setting it to solid color. This problem doesn'...
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how do I use nitrogen in gnome?
whenever I try to put a wallpaper using nitrogen I get the following error;
(nitrogen:133201): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: 20:36:16.526: Settings schema 'org.gnome.desktop.background' does not contain a key ...
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Why does the default wallpaper open properly but get immediately get replaced by black screen
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 and the OS is up to date. The machine is a Dell XPS 13. I have three other laptops all running the same software and they just bring up the FocalFossa background as they ...
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All wallpapers are black in Kubuntu
I want to change the desktop background and before it changed, but it was not a problem, but I did not change this week, and whenever it turns out, you can help you guide?
sys: kubuntu 20.04
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20.04 wallpaper turned grey after BIOS update
I updated the BIOS on my XPS 9150 after being prompted by Software. After rebooting, the wallpaper is grey rather than the beautiful purple it was previously. (It still has the picture of the cat.) ...
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Changing a user's wallpaper in gnome from under another user via the console [duplicate]
There was a need to change the wallpaper centrally, I do it through ansible, respectively, throwing a command from under the right user (manager-1117):
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background ...
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digiKam 7.4.0 can't change wallpaper - ubuntu 21.10
digiKam won’t let me set any images for wallpaper! How should I do that?
Cannot change wallpaper image from current desktop with
file:///mnt/A4DCE4A0DCE46DCC/----/Pictures/----/----.jpeg
Error: The ...
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Desktop wallpaper goes black while setting a wallpaper slide show
I am using Ubuntu 20.04.Sometimes when I set a wallpaper slideshow using Shotwell the screen goes totally black and even if that isn't the case the wallpapers do not change on the time they were ...
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In 20.04, with a picture cropped not to 16:9 but another ratio, I click on "Add Picture..." and select it, but it doesn't do anything, no confirm even
I am using 20.04 and trying to add a non-16:9 wallpaper to my 16:9 monitor. I thought maybe I could center or stretch it like you can on Windows but apparently not? It's a TIFF file btw, does that ...
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Can someone explain how Ubuntu manages wallpapers?
I am confused about how Ubuntu stores user-selected wallpapers.
I have some pictures I use as wallpapers. We'll call them walla and wallb. Both originate from an encrypted drive that is not ...
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How can I create a wallpaper slideshow with a different image per screen
I would like to create a wallpaper slideshow on Ubuntu Focal (20) but I have a multi-monitor setup and would like to have a different image on each screen, all rotating at the same interval, similar ...
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How do I contribute a wallpaper to new Ubuntu releases?
I am willing to contribute to the new Ubuntu update. I have a lot of good quality images that were taken by me, and I'm willing to contribute them as wallpapers for the next Ubuntu release. But the ...
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How to adjust a background wallpaper?
Windows used to have a feature to fill, tile, center, stretch etc. a wallpaper to set in the background. I recently set a wallpaper as the background image of my Ubuntu desktop, however by default it ...
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How do I change my wallpaper? The picture on my desktop?
I do not know how to change my desktop picture - the "wallpaper". Can anyone tell me how?
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 now (although I was using 12.04 when I first asked the question).
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black background when using a xml file in ubuntu 21.04
i want to use this slideshow thingie and its the only thing i need to make my desktop look like macos mojave, but it only shows a black background.
Any help will be appreciatedenter image description ...
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GNOME 40 in Ubuntu 21.04 does not show desktop wallpaper image
I installed GNOME 40 on Ubuntu 21.04 using the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:shemgp/gnome-40 && sudo apt update
sudo apt install mutter gnome-shell gnome-session fonts-...
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Youtube screenshot as wallpaper on Ubuntu 20.04?
I frequently screenshot (using prtscrn) good-looking stills in youtube videos to use them as wallpaper on Ubuntu 20.04 but though they look perfectly fine while the video is playing, they get resized ...
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My desktop wallpaper screen becomes fuzzy and pixelated after turning on [duplicate]
I installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my DELL G3 (now upgraded to 20.04.2). Everything worked fine, but after installing my graphics card driver (460) the background became fuzzy (Nvidia 1650Ti). I downloaded ...
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Where is desktop wallpape for Lubuntu 20.04.02?
I switched to a solid colour wallpaper but now I want the original wallpaper which was a blue theme with a bird-like creatue on it. I can't find where it's stored. I ran
> gsettings get org....
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Lock screen but keep wallpaper slideshow (Ubuntu 20.04)
Currently, my Ubuntu locks the screen after 5 minutes of inactivity and I'm perfectly fine with this.
However, I'd prefer the screen doesn't power off after Ubuntu locks itself, so that I'm able to ...
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Kubuntu 20.04 desktop wallpaper always displays only 1/4 of screen
I have a problem with a Kubuntu user. I have two users and the problem only occurs for the one.
When I log in to the user, the desktop wallpaper always displays in the top left corner at about 25% ...
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Make a live wallpaper
I have a question for you. How can i import a video and insert it as a background. Or let's say a GIF or something like that. I have searched in the ubuntu forums and they propose me to download live ...
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