Cannot Change Desktop Background

[rhancock]

System | Look and Feel|Appearance | Background

No matter what I select, the background will not change. It used to work. What is the underlying program and where are the background files?

[PeTzZz]

The program name is gnome-appearance-properties. So try running it in the terminal. It may give some useful output when you change the background then. Background files should be in /usr/share/backgrounds/.

[rhancock]

Originally Posted by PeTzZz

The program name is gnome-appearance-properties. So try running it in the terminal. It may give some useful output when you change the background then. Background files should be in /usr/share/backgrounds/.

Thanks for the response. When I do this a root, I receive the error:
Unable to start the settings manager 'gnome-settings-daemon'.
Without the GNOME settings manager running, some preferences may not take effect. This could indicate a problem with Bonobo, or a non-GNOME (e.g. KDE) settings manager may already be active and conflicting with the GNOME settings manager.

[PeTzZz]

Don't do it as root. I can change the background and I get the same message when running it as root in the terminal.

[rhancock]

Originally Posted by PeTzZz

Don't do it as root. I can change the background and I get the same message when running it as root in the terminal.

Now i don't get the error message, but I still cannot change the background. I can change the theme, but not the background.

[PeTzZz]

So no output at all as I understand. You don't remember doing anything that can anyhow affect it? Has there been any updates related to gnome after you last know it was working?

I found almost the same thing reported here in the bugzilla. I suggest you to add a comment there that you have the same problem and add yourself to the CC list. If you think you have some additional details then add them too.