[ubuntu-za] Pictures folder

[Bruce Pieterse]

On Thu 23 Aug 2012 21:21:24 SAST, Jan Greeff wrote:
> Correct Bruce - the number of pics that remain in the folder is nil.
>
>
> On 23/08/2012 21:10, Bruce Pieterse wrote:
>> On Wed 22 Aug 2012 22:32:13 SAST, Jan Greeff wrote:
>>> Every time when I load pics into the pictures folder for my desktop
>>> background (Ubuntu 12.04) they disappear when the folder is closed and
>>> reopened. How do I make these pics remain in the folder?
>>>
>>> Jan
>>>
>> Hi Jan,
>>
>> Are you talking about All Settings > Appearance > Look and then
>> changing the background option to Pictures Folder? Are you also talking
>> about the number of thumbnails it remembers when you re-open it?
>>
>> --
>> All the best,
>>
>> Bruce
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Hi Jan,

That's interesting, because I had a similar type of issue. I have a 
pretty big library of wallpapers ~1200 and when I first attempted to 
use the Pictures Folders option it would load a majority of them. When 
you close the app and then re-open it only remembers a max of 47 images 
in my case.

So I’m thinking that it could actually be a bug and should be reported. 
I've never worried about it because I've always just used a wallpaper 
rotating script or application to change my backgrounds for me. Perhaps 
try something like Wallch to handle your backgrounds.

I still wonder why the GNOME developers haven't even put support for 
rotating backgrounds yet.

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All the best,

Bruce

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