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    Splatter ( Gnome desktop wallpaper auto changer )

    Splatter will change your Gnome desktop wallpaper every so often to a random one in the list of available wallpapers you have added to Gnome

    http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...roup_id=214500

    release notes

    http://sourceforge.net/project/shown...roup_id=214500

    The notes didn't work for me as it wouldn't create the required directories


    Change * to suit your username


    Code:
    mkdir /home/*/.splatter
    cd /home/*/.splatter
    wget http://dfn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/splatter/splatter
    mkdir /home/*/.config/autostart
    chmod +x /home/*/.splatter/splatter
    /home/*/.splatter/splatter

    Run it and see if you get a error


    Code:
    [leigh@localhost ~]$ /home/leigh/Desktop/splatter
    Creating autostart file: [/home/leigh/.config/autostart/splatter.desktop]
    I am afraid I cannot read the wallpaper file: [/home/leigh/.gnome2/backgrounds.xml]. Exiting.
    If you do just change your gnome background to create .gnome2/backgrounds.xml



    Then to run it again

    Code:
    /home/*/.splatter/splatter -d &

    To add it to sessions startup I had to make a small script

    Code:
    gedit /home/*/.splatter/splatter-startup
    Then add ( change leigh to your username )

    PHP Code:
    #! /bin/bash
    /home/leigh/.splatter/splatter -

    Then make it executable

    Code:
    chmod +x /home/*/.splatter/splatter-startup

    Then add the path to the startup script to sessions startup

    Code:
    /home/*/.splatter/splatter-startup
    Last edited by leigh123linux; 16th January 2008 at 08:16 PM.

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    Re: Splatter ( Gnome desktop wallpaper auto changer )

    hello, i got an error and I don't understand this instruction

    "If you do just change your gnome background to create .gnome2/backgrounds.xml"

    How to do it please?

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    Re: Splatter ( Gnome desktop wallpaper auto changer )

    Does anyone know if this still works? I'm looking for a program that will change backgrounds after a while.

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    Re: Splatter ( Gnome desktop wallpaper auto changer )

    Quote Originally Posted by Ecsit
    Does anyone know if this still works? I'm looking for a program that will change backgrounds after a while.
    I think that there is a Gnome extension that does that. Sorry, but I cannot remember the name this minute.
    I use F26 and Gnome Xfce, with all updates applied, on a X86_64 kernel with 4gb of DRAM and Evga Geforce 7600 GS PCI-E 256mb DDR2 video card.

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    Re: Splatter ( Gnome desktop wallpaper auto changer )

    Quote Originally Posted by mpajoh
    I think that there is a Gnome extension that does that. Sorry, but I cannot remember the name this minute.
    https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/543/backslide/
    Found it! Thank you!!

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