[NCLUG] wallpaper mystery solved

[Elena Jakubikova]

Hi all,

I made it finally work. I looked up the configuration files in my home 
directory and I realized that they had read access only (maybe dell people 
wanted to make it hard to get rid of their logo?). I just changed file 
permissions to be able to write into the file and now kde and gnome control 
centers work just fine. Finally I dont have to look at the same boring 
wallpaper all the time.
Thanks a lot for your help,

Elena

>From: Matt Taggart <taggart at carmen.fc.hp.com>
>Reply-To: nclug at nclug.org
>To: nclug at nclug.org
>Subject: Re: [NCLUG] wallpaper
>Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 14:56:34 -0700
>
>
>"Elena Jakubikova" writes...
>
> > 
>/etc/skel/.gnome/Background:wallpaper=/usr/share/pixmaps/dell/dell-grayfade-b
> > ack.gif
> > 
>/etc/skel/.gnome/Background:wallpaper0=/usr/share/pixmaps/dell/dell-grayfade-
> > back.gif
> > /etc/skel/.kde/share/config/desktop0rc:Wallpaper=dell-grayfade-back.gif
> > /etc/skel/.kde/share/config/desktop1rc:Wallpaper=dell-grayfade-back.gif
> > /etc/skel/.kde/share/config/desktop2rc:Wallpaper=dell-grayfade-back.gif
> > /etc/skel/.kde/share/config/desktop3rc:Wallpaper=dell-grayfade-back.gif
> >
> > Unfortunately I am not sure what to do about it next. Sorry to bother 
>you
> > but if you could explain some more that would really help.
>
>/etc/skel is where the "skeleton" files are kept. These are the default
>configuration files that are copied to new users directories when accounts
>are created. So when you created your account you got your own copy that
>you can modify from there. I'm surprised that using the gnome and kde
>control centers didn't do the right thing. You might need to make the
>changes and then "save your session" to make the changes persistant across
>logins. A slightly more dangerous method would be to edit your
>configuration files by hand. Make sure to make backups first.
>
>Let us know how it goes.
>
>--
>Matt Taggart
>taggart at fc.hp.com
>
>
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