The South African Ubuntu community came up with the solution in quick time - simply find the images that you want to remove in your Home folder and delete them there, then add the ones that you want to remain in the desktop background pics folder to your Home folder. Presto! Problem solved.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/968268 Title: Cannot permanently add wallpaper to 'Pictures Folder' Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “gnome-control-center” source package in Precise: Confirmed Bug description: I successfully added a wallpaper from a subfolder of "~/Pictures" to the "Pictures Folder" using the little "+" button. The wallpaper changed, 'org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri' got set to the right file location, but the picture won't show up when opening g-c-c again. * Expected behavior The '-' button is enabled for the currently selected picture to allow user to remove this picture * Current behavior The '-' button is never anabled ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.3.92-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.32-generic 3.2.12 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Mar 29 16:11:59 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110901) SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/968268/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
