[FC1] Changing screen background from script

Mike Klinke lsomike at futzin.com
Wed Jun 30 21:14:42 UTC 2004


On Wednesday 30 June 2004 16:07, Laurence Orchard wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I have a series of digital photos taken with my camera using a time
> delay of 1 min over two hours.
>
> I would like to use these as a changing screen background on a 2
> hour loop.
> I know how to change the background using the menu system, but I
> think I need to use a script to do what I want.
>
> Does anyone know of a program to change the background or the file
> where the background picture file name is stored, so I can change
> it every min?
>
> Thanks
>
> Laurence

If you're using KDE you can set up for multiple background images, in 
your case all 120, and simply have them loop through changing them 
once a minute.  I don't know if there's a similar setup for GNOME 
though....

Regards,  Mike Klinke





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