Comments on: Multiple Desktop Backgrounds

By: toantoet

toantoet — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:21:10 +0000

Thanks for your tips. But quality of wallpaper is very low after follow this tips. How do I increase it?

By: fedora

fedora — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:18:49 +0000

thank you

By: TonyTest

TonyTest — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:16 +0000

Thanks for this little tutorial. If you want to have different wallpapers on KDE 3.5.x you just have to kill the process kdesktop. Unfortunately, the icons also disappeare on KDE… it’s really a pity.

Regards Tony

By: Mohammad

Mohammad — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:02:01 +0000

My desktop icons also disappear doing this, no good, is there some other way?

By: Ragui

Ragui — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:43:02 +0000

Never mind, turns out you have to use the correct wallpaper size. It doesn’t auto-adjust it.

By: Ragui

Ragui — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:30:01 +0000

This only makes my desktops white and without icons. The backgrounds aren’t shown.

By: WelcomedRain

WelcomedRain — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:22:54 +0000

Very helpful. Thanks! I had read a number of sites with instructions on how to do this but none were so simple and straightforward. I also noticed that those other sites had mentioned a problem with icons not appearing on the desktop once you uncheck “show_desktop” in nautilus preferences. That is true but if you use Avant Window Navigator and/or use screenlets and the panel(s), it really shouldn’t be a problem. Personally, I prefer to use AWN and screenlets. I did want to mention one problem I was having and that is my external USB drive automounts when I start Ubuntu but when I uncheck “show_desktop”, the USB drive no longer automounts when Ubuntu boots up. Do you know a fix for this? It seems odd. Thanks again for a well written post.

By: Alroger Filho

Alroger Filho — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:48:08 +0000

Thanks for the tip!
Any tips on how to bring back the desktop icons?