I was also affected by this recently on 8.04. I ended up creating a 1x1 image in the color I desired. Not very intuitive.
-- [Gutsy] Cannot set desktop background to a solid color https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/130541 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
