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#1 2018-07-30 19:12:28
- scar
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Thunar: Cannot set wallpaper from file manager
As in the title.
Downgrading to 1.8.0... makes even the right click option "set as background" disappear.
Downgrading to 1.6... restores time-space continuum.
Setting the wallpaper from settings>desktop / right click on desktop works.
Setting the wallpaper from ristretto works also.
Anyone else? Is this arch, or vanilla?
Last edited by scar (2018-07-30 19:12:41)
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#2 2018-07-30 21:07:57
- archimboldo
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Re: Thunar: Cannot set wallpaper from file manager
I guess this is xfce's transition to gtk3 issue. Compatible versions ( meaning gtk3) of xfdesktop and thunar should work fine.
Last edited by archimboldo (2018-07-30 21:26:19)
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#3 2018-08-01 19:44:12
- Radioactiveman
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Re: Thunar: Cannot set wallpaper from file manager
Do you mean right-clicking on an image file? I see the option "Set as wallpaper" there, using Thunar 1.8.1.
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#4 2018-08-02 12:37:34
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Re: Thunar: Cannot set wallpaper from file manager
Do you mean right-clicking on an image file? I see the option "Set as wallpaper" there, using Thunar 1.8.1.
That one is useless.
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#5 2018-08-02 16:27:45
- scar
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Re: Thunar: Cannot set wallpaper from file manager
Agreed. Try to do it, it does not work.
Will report upstream now.
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#6 2018-08-02 17:18:21
- toz
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Re: Thunar: Cannot set wallpaper from file manager
@archimboldo is correct, Thunar 1.8x's "Set as Wallpaper" functionality requires xfdesktop 4.13.2 to function properly.
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#7 2018-08-02 19:19:36
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Re: Thunar: Cannot set wallpaper from file manager
Or simply remove "usr/lib/thunarx-3/thunar-wallpaper-plugin.so" to get rid of it for the time being. 
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#8 2018-08-05 16:48:28
- amaro
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Re: Thunar: Cannot set wallpaper from file manager
Thunar 1.8x's "Set as Wallpaper" functionality requires xfdesktop 4.13.2 to function properly.
where did you get this 4.13.2 version?
I have testing enabled and it shows
warning: xfdesktop-4.12.4-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
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#9 2018-08-05 17:39:01
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Re: Thunar: Cannot set wallpaper from file manager
@amaro It's in AUR https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xfdesktop-devel/
Last edited by archimboldo (2018-08-05 17:41:21)
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