View Full Version : [ubuntu] wallpaper-tray isn't working without nautilus

ifreecarve

i'm using wmii, and i am trying to set up wallpaper-tray to manage my desktop background. because wmii doesn't have the gnome system tray, i'm using trayer (tried stalonetray too).



the problem i'm seeing is that, although wallpaper-tray properly scans my images directory and creates a thumbnail for the tray icon, it does not actually SET the background in wmii.



wallpaper-tray works fine in gnome. also, if i load up nautilus in wmii, wallpaper-tray will properly set and cycle the images -- but when i close nautilus, that functionality stops (it keeps the existing wallpaper but doesn't change it to new ones). one last thing, when i pick a wallpaper while in wmii (whose thumbnail i see in the trayer icon), that wallpaper will be the one i see if i switch to gnome.



to me, this suggests that running nautilus sets up some process that actually performs the wallpaper configuration when wallpaper-tray requests it. the only problem is that i can't figure out how to set that up in a non-gnome window manager.



has anyone been able to set up wallpaper-tray without the nautilus desktop?