This works for me with Openbox and feh: wget <a href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~daniel/potd/potd.php/commons/1600x1200">http://tools.wikimedia.de/~daniel/potd/potd.php/commons/1600x1200</a>; feh --bg-center potd-1600x1200.jpg So I think Gnome should use gconftool -s to set /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename ... ? I'm not very familiar with Gnome or gconf, so you may have to toy with the settings. K.Mandla On 2/26/07, <a href="mailto:ubuntu-women-request@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-women-request@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-women-request@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-women-request@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> wrote: > Send ubuntu-women mailing list submissions to > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-women@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-women@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-women">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-women</a> > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-women-request@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-women-request@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > You can reach the person managing the list at > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-women-owner@lists.ubuntu.com"> ubuntu-women-owner@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of ubuntu-women digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. GNOME - making a dynamic wallpaper (Brianna Laugher) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:05:39 +1100 > From: "Brianna Laugher" <<a href="mailto:brianna.laugher@gmail.com">brianna.laugher@gmail.com</a>> > Subject: [UbuntuWomen] GNOME - making a dynamic wallpaper > To: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-women@lists.ubuntu.com"> ubuntu-women@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Message-ID: > <<a href="mailto:d20d84ea0702252205p6a93700eu10285c4b12db958@mail.gmail.com">d20d84ea0702252205p6a93700eu10285c4b12db958@mail.gmail.com</a>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hello! Just looking for a quick bit of advice. > > I am involved with Wikimedia Commons, which is a free-licensed media > repository run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who also run Wikipedia). > One of the users has created a page that automatically updates with > each day's "picture of the day". See: > <a href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~daniel/potd/potd.php">http://tools.wikimedia.de/~daniel/potd/potd.php </a> > > So I would like to set my desktop to be > <a href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~daniel/potd/potd.php/commons/1024x768.html">http://tools.wikimedia.de/~daniel/potd/potd.php/commons/1024x768.html</a> > for example, so it will update each day. > > there are some instructions for KDE here - > <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Duesentrieb/POTD#POTD_on_your_desktop">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Duesentrieb/POTD#POTD_on_your_desktop </a> > > and I also found an interesting script for a GNOME 'wallpaper > randomiser' <a href="http://gnome-hacks.web.com/hacks.html?id=69">http://gnome-hacks.web.com/hacks.html?id=69</a> > > I know some Python and can kind of fudge my way around shell > scripting, but not very well. > > Any tips? > I'm running GNOME on a Fedora Core 6 at work, and GNOME/Ubuntu (Breezy > I think) at home. > > thanks in advance for any advice! > > cheers, > Brianna > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > ubuntu-women mailing list > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-women@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-women@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-women">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-women</a> > > > End of ubuntu-women Digest, Vol 13, Issue 27 > ******************************************** >