wallpaper-readme.txt for the Debian theme proposal "The Journey". Written by: uhansen@debianart.org, 29.02.2012 -------------------------------- File: journey-wallpaper.jpg This is the main wallpaper-file of the Debian GNU/Linux theme. Intended Location in filesystem: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/journey-wallpaper.jpg Intended Location in desktop-base source package: /backgrounds/journey-wallpaper.jpg HOW TO SET THE DEBIAN WALLPAPER: ----------------------------------------- USING ALTERNATIVES The wallpaper is set using the "alternative" mechanism. If you want to switch to another theme included in Debian: sudo update-alternatives --config desktop-background The settings for the alternatives are installed by the postinst script of the desktop-base deb package. The alternatives settings for the splash screens are saved in /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/desktop-background MANUALLY If you want to set a different picture manually: - Become root - Edit the symlink /etc/alternatives/desktop-background to point to the intended desktop-background, for instance: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/journey-wallpaper.jpg The wallpaper is set for GNOME, KDE and XFCE. ---------------- GNOME wallpaper: ---------------- The GNOME wallpaper is configured in /usr/share/gnome-background-properties/debian.xml The line /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-background points to /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-background which is a symlink to /etc/alternatives/desktop-background which is a symlink to the real background picture, in our case: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/journey-wallpaper.jpg ---------------- KDE wallpaper: ---------------- The KDE-wallpaper is configured in the file: /usr/share/desktop-base/profiles/kde-profile/share/config/plasma-desktop-appletscr The line: wallpaper=/usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-background points to /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-background which is a symlink to /etc/alternatives/desktop-background which is a symlink to the real background picture, in our case: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/journey-wallpaper.jpg ---------------- XFCE wallpaper: ---------------- The XFCE wallpaper is configured in the file: /usr/share/desktop-base/profiles/xdg-config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-desktop.xml which points in three lines to the file: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/default which is a symlink that points to: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-background which is a symlink to /etc/alternatives/desktop-background which is a symlink to the real background picture, in our case: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/journey-wallpaper.jpg