[ubuntu-nz] missing desktop pic

[Bev & Gary Ball]

If I read you correctly, the desktop background reference is at,

   ~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/background/%gconf.xml


Gary



On 27/08/10 12:28, Reinhold Pam Muller wrote:
> I have  stored several pc's which get used once / twice a year.
> they sit in a reasonable well ventilated dry environment and are 
> connected to the grid eg plugged in and turned on at the wall  but not 
> powered on - eg the motherboard / bios is live but the computer itself 
> is not turned on
> They have no problem cranking up even after 8 months sitting idle 
> (apart from a forced hd check)
>
> The PC has a picture file which also acts as a desktop image
> I know when i shut it down several months back that it was still there 
> and was also the desktop image
> And yes - I have set the "remember my session" tick etc
>
> This time when I cranked up the pc it has defaulted back to the 
> standard Ubuntu desktop image.
> The image itself is still there on the hard drive (my pic folder)
> It has also "lost" some ticks in the right places in the xchat program 
> used last - which I know i have put there before shutting down
>
> 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??
> Or stored in the RAM until changes are made to it (and does this mean 
> that the ram will store the info for only so long eg degrade over time 
> if not used)
> It couldn't be in the bios could it . . .
>
> I'm curious - I would not have expected Linux to "loose" a desktop 
> image like that
> I should say this happened to all 30 computers - eg all 30 have 
> defaulted back to the standard Ubuntu desktop image - with
> ub 7.1 - through to 9.4 as distros used
>
> Any bright ideas???
> Cheers
> Reinhold

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