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warnec
May 3rd, 2010, 05:56 PM
Hi. I use Ubuntu 10.04. I switched from KDE4, where it was possible to use Compiz's Wallpaper plugin to have multiple wallpapers, so that each desktop has a different wallpaper. I tried to use this plugin now, and it doesn't work.

I read some interesting facts here:

http://wiki.compiz.org/Plugins/Wallpaper#Nautilus

Obviously this info is a little obsolete since it is about Hardy, but it looks like recompiling Nautilus is still required. Can somebody tell me how to do this? Which packages do I need? Where to pull the right code from? Are there any precompiled Nautilus packages for Ubuntu 10.04 supporting Wallpaper plugin? (that would be amazing)

thanks in advance!

bigsmitty64
May 3rd, 2010, 06:03 PM
In compiz settings manager, go to the Utility section, click on "wallpaper', set your 4 pics, then enable. Just a note , you cannot have icons on your desktop with this enabled :( , one downfall for some I guess. I don't use icons anyways so it doesn't bother me. Hope this helps.
Smitty
EDIT:
I just saw that you said you DID use the wallpaper plugin?

warnec
May 3rd, 2010, 06:05 PM
I googled a little and found this:

http://crazy-eng.com/blog/archives/13967

So basically it is possible, but requires me to turn off any icons on the desktop, that's a real pity...

Funny thing there's a wish on Ubuntu Brainstorm from '08 with >3k wishes to add multiple wallpaper possibilities to Gnome, but none of the Gnome devs seems to care... *sigh*

or am I wrong?

PS.: I might also take a look at wallpapoz. Sorry for spamming the Forum, I actually found the answer myself.