change permissions to copy pictures into backgrounds

[Colin Law]

On 5 May 2012 16:58, Thomas Blasejewicz <thomas at s7.dion.ne.jp> wrote:
> (2012/05/06 0:17), Colin Law wrote:
>>
>> On 5 May 2012 15:36, Thomas Blasejewicz<thomas at s7.dion.ne.jp>  wrote:
>>>
>>> I tried to find answers online, where I got "sudo naut ... " or
>>>
>>> "sudo chmod ..." etc. but none of those tricks has worked yet.
>>>
>>>
>>> If you are doing this in order to set the desktop background then put
>>> the images into your Pictures folder, then right click the desktop and
>>> select Change Desktop Background,  Click where it says Wallpapers and
>>> you will be given the option of fetching from your Pictures Folder.
>>>
>>> Colin
>>>
> Thank you.
> I somehow figured that out too, but .... in that case
> 1)    window opens (3 options: Wallpaper / Pictures / Colors) -> CLICK on
> Pictures
> 2)    CLICK "+"
> 3)    Pictures folder window (contains folder "wallpapers") -> CLICK
> (double)
> 4)    select picture (you cannot avoid this)

I don't know what you mean by "you cannot avoid this".  You can click
Cancel if you don't want to do it.

> 5)    CLICK -> Open
> 6)    BUT, the next time I open the background window, the previous selected
> image is NOT listed any longer.

If you select Pictures Folder as the source again, as in your point 1
above, the image you previously selected should be visible.  Is it
not?

>
> This appears like a rather clumsy solution to me and I would MUCH prefer to
> have a default folder with my favorite pictures in it.
> (the "Pictures" folder will later on also contain other pictures)
>
> Being denied the option to choose a (any) folder and/or copy my favorite
> pictures into the default folder ... there cannot be any "security reasons"
> for that kind of limitation, can there???

No, but somebody has to care enough about it to do the work to give
you that feature.

Colin