how eliminate canned wallpaper?
Bill Davidsen
davidsen at tmr.com
Fri Jul 3 21:39:47 UTC 2009
Beartooth wrote:
> Gnome-appearance-properties gets installed with a default
> collection of wallpapers, themes, backgrounds, or whatever they're
> called; I have plenty of my own that I like better, and always delete
> those. But some screensavers, such as Slip in xscreensaver, still find
> them -- apparently in /usr/share/backgrounds. I'd like to get rid of
> them. But they seem to be protected in some way, at least against my
> userid.
>
> Will it foul something up to the nines if I just go to the CLI as
> root, cd down as far as the bottom directories, and just use rm a/o rmdir
> on them all?
>
> How about if I eliminate only what rm will take, and leave all
> the directories in place, but empty?
>
> Or maybe put some of my own collection in instead?
>
I like "put my own collection in as additions" just in case. There probably
wouldn't be a problem with deleting, but adding your own is sure to avoid any
issue with something looking for an image.
--
Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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