Wallpaper Slideshow Help

**Musick Man** · December 7th, 2009

Hi, I am using Wallpaper slideshow and it doesnt seem to change pictures. Is there a way that I could it make it change faster?

Thanks,

Musick Man

**ranch hand** · December 7th, 2009

That is run by a script located in /usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos.

You should probably get something other than gedit to try to edit it. I would use "screem" but I am a noob so there may be something better.

<background>
<starttime>
<year>2009</year>
<month>08</month>
<day>04</day>
<hour>00</hour>
<minute>00</minute>
<second>00</second>
</starttime>

<static>
<duration>1795.0</duration>
<file>/usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/cloud.jpg</file>
</static>
<transition>
<duration>5.0</duration>
<from>/usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/cloud.jpg</from>
<to>/usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/comet.jpg</to>
</transition>
<static>
<duration>1795.0</duration>
<file>/usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/comet.jpg</file>
</static>
<transition>

Jigger around with the <duration>xxxx.xx</duration> numbers.

I have done this with a different screen saver and it works. With this one it looks like the time measurement for duration is in seconds as it was on the one I modified. This one uses a different transition than the one I fooled with and I think I would leave it alone (5 seconds isn't that much anyway).

I changed the pictures too. I just changed the names ot the ones used and left them there and added the ones I wanted with the file names that the old files had. Worked great and I was to chicken to change the path and file definitions.

I am trying that next time.

**Musick Man** · December 7th, 2009

It worked!!

Thanks Ranch Hand

Here is what I did.

Because the background-1.xml is protected I opened it by typing

Code:

gksudo gedit /usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/background-1.xml

into the terminal.

Then the file opened, and I changed the

Code:

<duration>1795.0</duration>

to

Code:

 <duration>300.0</duration>

The number inside the <duration> tags is seconds, and 1795 is exactly 29 minutes. And I wanted 5 minutes, which is 300 seconds.

But if you decide to change the times inside the <duration> tags, only change the times on the ones that say

Code:

<duration>1795.0</duration>

Do not change the times to the

Code:

<duration>5.0</duration>

tags because that is the transition time between each picture. So if you set it to 300 seconds, it would take 5 minutes to change from one picture to another.

Thanks again Ranch hand and hopefully this will help people who want to change it in the future.

-Musick man