Bug 445195 – Change Desktop Background -> Error starting command 'gnome-background-properties'

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Bug 445195 - Change Desktop Background -> Error starting command 'gnome-background-properties'


Summary:	Change Desktop Background -> Error starting command 'gnome-background-proper...


Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	nautilus
Classification:	Core
Component:	general
Version:	2.19.x
Hardware:	Other All

Importance:	Normal normal
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Nautilus Maintainers
QA Contact:	Nautilus Maintainers

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Depends on:
Blocks:

Reported:	2007-06-07 17:01 UTC by sangu
Modified:	2007-06-18 20:52 UTC

See Also:
GNOME target:	---
GNOME version:	2.19/2.20

Attachments
Open gnome-appearance-properties on "Change Desktop Background" (522 bytes, patch) 2007-06-17 16:21 UTC, Denis Washington	none	Details \| Review

Description sangu 2007-06-07 17:01:45 UTC

Please describe the problem:
In control-center-2.19.3
Change Desktop Background ->  Error starting command 'gnome-background-properties'

control-center-2.19.3 doesn't have gnome-background-properties.

Steps to reproduce:
1.  Click "Change Desktop Background"  on nautilus context menu.
2. 
3. 


Actual results:


Expected results:


Does this happen every time?
yes, always.

Other information:
nautilus-2.19.3-1.fc8
eel2-2.19.3-1.fc8

OS : Fedora Development (rawhide 20070607)

Comment 1 Denis Washington 2007-06-17 16:21:06 UTC

Created attachment 90150 [details] [review]
Open gnome-appearance-properties on "Change Desktop Background"

Code for a --show-page option to gnome-apperance-properties was commited today; it enables us to open up the capplet with the "Background" tab initially opened. The patch uses this for "Change Desktop Background".

Comment 2 Martin Wehner 2007-06-18 20:52:42 UTC

Thanks, it's on HEAD:

2007-06-18  Martin Wehner  <martin.wehner@gmail.com>

	* src/file-manager/fm-desktop-icon-view.c:
	(action_change_background_callback):
	Call background page of gnome-appearance-properties for
	"Change Desktop Background" menu item. (#445195)
	Patch from Denis Washington  <denisw@svn.gnome.org>