Background missing after boot

[garyzw]

This problem just started a few day ago. When I boot up the computer my background is not showing--I right click on the desktop select "Change Desktop Background" and the background then appears until the next boot.

[youngunix]

Maybe this is a silly question, but just to make sure; is the wallpaper saved in your "Picture" (or else) folder? Try a different wallpaper and see what happens. This happened to me once due to a permission issue, so check the owner/permissions of the wallpaper.
good luck

[garyzw]

I did try your suggestions but no luck. Funny thing though is when I select "Change Desktop Background" the missing background appears without me selecting it.

[youngunix]

what version or distro of Ubuntu are you using?

[garyzw]

I am using 12.04 Precise

[youngunix]

humm, there was a strange change of how things work on precise such as; we can no longer have a different background for gdm, it sets desktop bg to gdm bg. didn't like it at first (still dont) but oh well. newy, do run a system update/upgrade and clean it. check your kernel version. btw, are you running UNITY or Gnome Shell?

[garyzw]

I am running Unity alos I did a system update/upgrade and cleaned it. Even did the Unity reset-- I am thinking that best way to fix it is just to restore my back up. I did a back up using Redo Backup a few days before the problem started so that should fix it.

Thanks for you help.

[fjgaude]

I must say as the updates to 12.04 have turned into 12.04.1 things have gone down.

My main box has video issues and desktop problems that just came up with the last two or so updates.

And it's LTS!