[ubuntu-nz] missing desktop pic

[Jim Cheetham]

On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Reinhold Pam Muller
<papabear- at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> Question  - where exactly does Ubuntu store the information (to call up this
> particular image for desktop)
> more to the point where does it store the info to link a image - or make a
> particular as a desktop image
> Is that written back solid to the HD??

Probably everything is in $HOME/.gconf for "standard Gnome applications".

I do notice changes to parts of this from time-to-time -- especially
the panel suddenly re-ordering all its icons on the next start-up
(this may be exacerbated by unclean shutdowns, but I'm not yet
convinced).

I responded by checking parts of ~/.gconf into version control, so I
could detect and revert changes as needed.

That approach might help you ...

-jim