Questions tagged [desktop-background]

A desktop background, or wallpaper, or just background is a digital image used as a decorative background on the desktop. Use this tag for questions regarding either the image or solid color displayed on the desktop background. DO NOT use this tag for questions about the background of specific applications. In such cases just use the application's tag.

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Ubuntu 20.04 screen saver background?

May I change the Ubuntu 20.04 screen saver background ? I do not see any option to do so.
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Xubuntu 16.04 - Set background image for all users (system wide)

I'm trying to set a system wide background image for all users on xubungu 16.04. Xubuntu version: dpkg -l xubuntu-desktop Gewünscht=Unbekannt/Installieren/R=Entfernen/P=Vollständig Löschen/Halten | ...
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The gsettings command line tool doesn't change the background

I've been using elementary os for the last half a year and now I have installed the latest Ubuntu on my system. On elementary os, I was using this command to change the desktop background: gsettings ...
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Where do Ubuntu wallpapers come from? [duplicate]

Where do Ubuntu wallpapers come from? Are they submitted by the community or created privately by specialists? If they are submitted by the community, do they keep all the wallpapers or only some? Can ...
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Change the background of Plasma "Leave" dialog

Kubuntu 23.10 KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.8 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.110.0 Qt Version: 5.15.10 When pressing the "Log Out" shortcut or selecting the "Leave" option I think it ...
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Display clock overlay over Desktop

I want to display the current time in big letters on my desktop, on top of my background picture. I don't have any icons on my desktop, so no need to worry about this. I found this old thread https://...
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Unique wallpaper for each GNOME workspace?

How do I set a unique wallpaper for each GNOME workspace? I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
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How to get High resolution wallpaper generated by mbousq for 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish) wallpaper competition?

Sometimes Contacting people is basically impossible, likely by design. I really love the wallpapers submitted here https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/jammy-jellyfish-22-04-wallpaper-competition/26388/95 ...
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How can I change wallpaper automatically?

I have found a guide for that but doesn't sure if it will work or it is safe to use. The guide: http://www.linuxandubuntu.com/home/how-to-automatically-change-gnome-background-in-intervals-using-bash ...
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How to change my desktop background via bash?

I am trying to set up this script to change my desktop background, but gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri "file://$WALLPAPER_PATH" is not working. There is no error ...
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How do I create a desktop wallpaper slideshow?

How do I create a desktop wallpaper slideshow with my own set of images? With the images coming from a pictures folder, or pre-selected With the images displayed in order, or randomly With the ...
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Live wallpaper in Ubuntu 20.04

Is there any recent method to get live wallpapers in Ubuntu? I am talking about wallpaper styling that we have in android phones and that should be reactivity to some hover and mouse-clicks? Thanks
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xfce4-screensaver change lock screen background

I am using i3wm and I use xfce4-screensaver as my locker program. The reason is that it feels familiar (dialogue to enter password and button to switch user). xfce4-screensaver comes with 2 things: ...
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Is this a gsettings bug?

I have this script, that changes my background image to a random darkened one every couple of minutes with gsettings that I have hooked up with a cron job. #!/bin/bash # Define the directory ...
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Is there a way to get xplanetfx working in Ubuntu again?

Back when most linux users were installing packages manually there was this program called XplanetFX which was a frontend for xplanet. It would make the setup of near real-time wallpapers of globes ...
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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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"Set As Wallpaper" right-click option in Nautilus does not work

I have Ubuntu 16.04.1 and when I right click a photo and select "Set As Wallpaper" the function does not work. But I am able to get it working by going into System Settings and using the + button in ...
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Change wallpaper from command line

I am currently in a learning program. We are asked to download a specific image and then use it as wallpaper, doing so form the command line. The directions given yields nothing: First we have to ...
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Where is Bing's Picture of the Day stored on my system?

In Kubuntu, I set the desktop background as "Bing's Picture of the Day". Some pictures are so good that I desire to store them for further reference. However, the pictures are not located within ~/...
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How to run wallch in "random time" mode automatically on startup?

I just discovered wallch and I installed it on my Ubuntu 12.04. I really like it. Now, I would like to use the "change wallpaper in random time (2-20) minutes" option on startup. I enable the "...
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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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Ubuntu 22.04: How to change login screen background?

How to change the login screen background on Ubuntu 22.04?
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Xubuntu 22.04 not saving desktop settings in persistence

I'm using xubuntu 22.04.2 with live persistence and it's working fine except for a few things. Does anyone know why xubuntu live persistence doesn't save some settings? Mainly desktop environment such ...
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How to change my background?

I'm running Ubuntu 12.10 (my system info reads "Ubuntu 13.04", though, for some reason). Right clicking on the Desktop and then changing the background there doesnt work and just sends me to System ...
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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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set up background from cli with feh

I've read the manual pages from feh, and this command should work: feh --fullscreen --no-menus --randomize --recursive --bg-fill wallpapers/ I can see a flicker on the screen, but my old background ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 change background to solid colour

There was an option to change background to solid color. However, I notice that that option is no longer there. The only options available are to use existing image or to add picture. Was this setting ...
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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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KDE Plasma does not always load wallpaper on reboot

Ubuntu 22.04 (the "studio" version, probably doesn't matter), running KDE Plasma 3 out of 4 times on reboot, Ubuntu loads my selected wallpaper, a simple .png image. That 4th time, however, ...
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Where can I find the vector sources of the Xubuntu wallpapers?

I like the wallpapers that come in xubuntu-wallpapers package, so I'd like to use them as intended. But, while the general graphical idea of them is nice, the implementation is bad: the wide gradients ...
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How can I change the default wallpaper for new users?

I found some old questions about this, yet not for 18.04. We're deploying desktops via PXE/Preseed installations, and I'd like to change the default wallpaper. I found how to change the login screen ...
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Is it possible to have a different background on mutliple displays-Lubuntu?

I am a casual Linux user here, so my knowledge is limited. The default Lubuntu background is stretching itself across both of my displays. I followed the directions to install stitchwp here: How to ...
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Using old Ubuntu backgrounds on 22.04?

So I recently updated my laptop from 20.04 to 22.04 and lost the background that I had set up, is there any command I can use to install 20.04 backgrounds on my laptop so I can continue to use the ...
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Use App as a desktop background

I want to set an app, for example a web browser as a desktop background. So it have dynamic background. For example: I open youtube, set the browser as background dynamic background. Is there any ...
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Set GDM3 to blurred version of current background

I was wondering if there is a way to make GDM3's background a blurred version of the Administrator's current background? I am running Ubuntu 20.04. Someone please help me to do this. I accept ...
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How can I change the wallpaper from command line when using dark mode?

Can anyone please tell me how can I change the wallpaper for the dark mode from the command line? I was trying to change my wallpaper from command line and I came across these commands, dconf write /...
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I want to change my ubuntu background, not gray color

This is my wallpaper. When I click the show app button, it looks like this: I don't want to let my background color remain gray. I want to select my Wallpaper for this background. I use Ubuntu 22.04 ...
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How I can change the GDM login screen wallpaper?

How I can change the GDM 3.6 Wallpaper? I dont mean the desktop background, but the Wallpaper at the login (GDM 3.6). Thanks Thank you for your answer, I know exactly what you mean. Recently I had ...
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Lubuntu background has disapered unable to fix it

I moved my file manager application 'pcmanfm-qt' from my accessories folder over onto the desktop then over to the autostart folder /home/myusername/.config/autostart, for some reason this made my ...
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Run FlatPak Application in Background (18.04)

I am trying to have a FlatPak programme (DejaDup) run a "Backup Automatically" - which means it runs in the background. How do I give a FlatPak programme the permissions to run in the background on ...
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Can't find "Background" in System Settings

Recently I upgraded to 14.10 and afterwards I experienced some problems but slowly I managed to solve most of them. I used GNOME for a while but few days ago I changed back to Unity and today when I ...
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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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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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Ubuntu Budgie: Black login-screen

Recently when i have booted up my computer the login-screen has been black, no background image. But in difference to other questions on here that i find, in case the user-selection remains visable (...
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Ubuntu Budgie 17.10 Greeter Wallpaper black

on my freshly installed Ubuntu Budgie 17.10 the greeter shows a black wallpaper instead of the out-of-the-box wallpaper. How can I set the greeter-wallpaper? I created a file /etc/lightdm/slick-...
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Variety not working in dark mode on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

hello update from Ubuntu 21.10 to 22.04 but it turns out that after updating I have noticed that variety stopped working and no longer shows me my custom backgrounds in dark mode instead it shows me ...
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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 to set a gif/video as a terminal background?

As stated in the title, I want to have a moving terminal background. I'm currently using Konsole which does accept gif files as a background, however only the first frame is displayed. Can any of you ...
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Change dynamic wallpaper directory every season

I want to have my wallpaper be seasonal (summer, fall, winter, spring), but also update daily with a seasonal themed wallpaper. So essentially, I am thinking of having 4 directories (summer, fall, ...
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I broke the Gnome Settings –> Background

I was working toward creating a new background image slideshow. I created a new XML pair for the settings and for the slideshow. My proof-of-concept files worked (two images and transitions moving ...

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