Freeze Wallpaper Change Gnome3.6/Cinnamon

odin89 · 2012-11-12 22:34:20

Hello,
i have a new installed archlinux system and installed cinnamon from the AUR. With ubuntu i used a script for changing my wallpaper every 10 minutes and everything was fine. Now with Archlinux the Computer freezes for 2-3 seconds when the wallpaper is changing. I tried it with gnome 3.6 and cinnamon. I also tried the Programm "wallch" but its the same.
My Script looks like this:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use warnings;
my $searchPath = '~/Wallpaper/';   # Set to the directory you want to have searched for photos
my $switchTime = 600;               # Edit to the number of seconds between photo switches
my @photos = `find $searchPath -type f | grep [jJ][pP][eE]*[gG]`;              
chomp(@photos);
my $photo;
while(1)
{
    $photo = $photos[rand($#photos)];
    `gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri "file:///$photo"`;
    sleep($switchTime);
}

Does someone have the same issue and know how to fix it?

greets

odin89

stefkee · 2012-11-16 21:22:20

bump.... anyone?

mwil7034 · 2013-03-19 11:04:36

I get the same slight pause you are referring to when I use a similar gsettings wallpaper change in Fedora 18

Havent figured out exactly what is causing it and how to rectify yet but I will hopefully track it down shortly and let you know!

Cthulhu82 · 2013-04-17 16:24:44

I had the same problem too.
With gnome-tweak-tool, activate the control of the desktop by the file manager (not sure of the name, I have it in french, it should be the first one of the list).
You can also do it with dconf-editor, activate the "show-desktop-icons" in org.gnome.desktop.background

This solved the problem for me (even if I don't understand why…).

Cthulhu82 · 2013-04-19 15:53:08

OK, I confirm it works, but leads to another problem : when I activate the dash, my background becomes entirely black and I don't see my wallpaper anymore, when it should only become darker…
Does anyone have a solution to these problems ? Does it still happens in Gnome 3.8 ?

mwil7034 · 2013-04-20 02:17:42

Ya, enabling "Have filemanager handle the desktop" eliminates the pause but it then overrides the activities page to a solid black background Switched back for now but its super annoying

I cant comment on 3.8 im still on 3.6 atm

Cthulhu82 · 2013-04-22 10:45:40

OK, I just update to 3.8 and the problem seems to have disapear !

Arch Linux

#1 2012-11-12 22:34:20

Freeze Wallpaper Change Gnome3.6/Cinnamon

#2 2012-11-16 21:22:20

Re: Freeze Wallpaper Change Gnome3.6/Cinnamon

#3 2013-03-19 11:04:36

Re: Freeze Wallpaper Change Gnome3.6/Cinnamon

#4 2013-04-17 16:24:44

Re: Freeze Wallpaper Change Gnome3.6/Cinnamon

#5 2013-04-19 15:53:08

Re: Freeze Wallpaper Change Gnome3.6/Cinnamon

#6 2013-04-20 02:17:42

Re: Freeze Wallpaper Change Gnome3.6/Cinnamon

#7 2013-04-22 10:45:40

Re: Freeze Wallpaper Change Gnome3.6/Cinnamon

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