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#1 2023-07-20 13:28:49

psykokura
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Registered: 2023-07-20
Posts: 7

archiso image w/ xfce shows different background in VM than USB boot

Apologies for the clumsy subject line, it was hard to be succinct with this one.

I am using archiso to build a custom iso.  The desktop is xfce4.  I copied the xfce .config folder I want to use into archlive/airootfs/etc/skel and a wallpaper I wanted to use into archlive/airootfs/usr/share/backgrounds/xfce (the directory the .config points to).

When I put the image on a usb and boot from that, everything works as expected:  the background specified is displayed, the panel and other configuration changes are present.

When I boot the image as a VM with gnome boxes, the panel configuration changes are persistent, but the wallpaper is not.  It displays the default xfce background.  I'm going to try a couple other ways to set the wallpaper on boot with my archiso configuration, but I am very curious as to why there would be different behavior with the same iso in boxes vs. booting from a usb.  Anyone have any ideas about this?

The only difference I can see is that the custom panel options are all contained within the user's home directory, and the background is located in /usr/ ... I'm more curious about why it's working differently than the wallpaper itself...

Thanks

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