--- gnome-desktop-2.28.2/libgnome-desktop/gnome-bg.c.spanned-background	2010-02-10 12:31:48.000000000 -0700
+++ gnome-desktop-2.28.2/libgnome-desktop/gnome-bg.c	2010-02-10 12:43:50.000000000 -0700
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@
 	{ GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_SCALED,      "scaled" },
 	{ GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_ZOOMED,      "zoom" },
 	{ GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_TILED,       "wallpaper" },
+	{ GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_SPANNED,       "spanned" },
 	{ 0, NULL }
 };
 
@@ -741,6 +742,9 @@
 #endif
 	
 	switch (placement) {
+	case GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_SPANNED:
+		new = g_object_ref (pixbuf);
+		break;
 	case GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_ZOOMED:
 		new = pixbuf_scale_to_min (pixbuf, width, height);
 		break;
@@ -795,6 +799,9 @@
 	case GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_SCALED:
 		pixbuf_blend (scaled, dest, 0, 0, w, h, x + area->x, y + area->y, 1.0);
 		break;
+	case GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_SPANNED:
+		pixbuf_blend (scaled, dest, 0, 0, w, h, x, y, 1.0);
+		break;
 	default:
 		g_assert_not_reached ();
 		break;
@@ -863,7 +870,7 @@
 	if (!bg)
 		return;
 
-	if (is_root) {
+	if (is_root && (bg->placement != GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_SPANNED)) {
 		draw_color_each_monitor (bg, dest, screen);
 		draw_each_monitor (bg, dest, screen);
 	} else {
--- gnome-desktop-2.28.2/libgnome-desktop/libgnomeui/gnome-bg.h.spanned-background	2010-02-10 12:31:48.000000000 -0700
+++ gnome-desktop-2.28.2/libgnome-desktop/libgnomeui/gnome-bg.h	2010-02-10 12:31:48.000000000 -0700
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@
 	GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_ZOOMED,
 	GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_CENTERED,
 	GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_SCALED,
-	GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_FILL_SCREEN
+	GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_FILL_SCREEN,
+	GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_SPANNED
 } GnomeBGPlacement;
 
 GType            gnome_bg_get_type              (void);
