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Bug 636548 - Wallpapers / backgrounds disappear or are removed/deleted from backgrounds.xml
Wallpapers / backgrounds disappear or are removed/deleted from backgrounds.xml
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 634156
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: Background
2.32.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Control-Center Maintainers
Control-Center Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-12-06 00:19 UTC by Jean-François Fortin Tam
Modified: 2011-02-12 13:51 UTC
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Description Jean-François Fortin Tam 2010-12-06 00:19:33 UTC 
This is something I've been seeing for years. There seems to be some kind of weird logic going on where gnome-appearance-properties silently purges any wallpapers I added to it.

I often add wallpapers by drag and drop, sometimes with the Add button.

I couldn't figure out why they usually disappear after a while, leaving only the "active" (currently used) wallpaper + the system-wide-installed wallpapers ; even if my actual wallpaper files in Images/wallpapers haven't changed at all!
Comment 1 Jean-François Fortin Tam 2010-12-09 15:43:02 UTC 
I just tested this again with 2.32 to make sure: added a bunch of wallpapers to gnome-appearance-properties on december 5th. They were still there yesterday and the days before, but now (december 9th), they have disappeared; all the wallpapers except
- the currently used one
- the ones that are installed systemwide (ubuntu's wallpapers)

So, every 3-4 days, wallpapers get purged.
Comment 2 Bastien Nocera 2011-02-12 03:36:38 UTC 
Did you by any chance open the appearance panel, and not go to the backgrounds page? (bug 634156)
Comment 3 Jean-François Fortin Tam 2011-02-12 13:51:49 UTC 
Indeed.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 634156 ***