Gnome-shell: Automatic Wallpaper Change
Software version | 3.4.2 |
Operating System | Debian 7 |
Website | Gnome Website |
Introduction
I couldn’t find a native function to regularly change wallpapers in Gnome-shell. That’s why I took inspiration from a small script and improved it.
Implementation
All my wallpapers are in ~/Images. We’ll create a small script, which I put in /usr/bin but you can put it wherever you want:
(/usr/bin/wallpaper-changer
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Uncomment one of the 3 lines between Gnome Shell, XFCE or Nitrogen to choose the desired method.
Let’s set the execution rights:
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Then add an autostart to your session:
(~/.config/autostart/wallpaper.desktop
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Restart your session and you’re done :-)
Nitrogen
If you have multiple screens, you might want to have properly placed dual-screen wallpapers. For this, we’ll use the nitrogen utility:
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Then, you must disable desktop icons if you want to use Nitrogen:
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References
http://superuser.com/questions/298050/periodically-changing-wallpaper-under-gnome-3
Last updated 07 Oct 2012, 19:14 CEST.