I've had this problem too, but can't reproduce it on demand. Sometimes changing the background image works fine, other times it doesn't. gconf-editor shows that the key /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename is changed to contain the path to the newly selected image, but the desktop background isn't actually changed until I log out and back in again.
I don't know whether it's relevant, but have seen two instances of /usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconfd-2 running when this happens. Killing one or the other (or both) doesn't change the behaviour. -- [hardy live] Changing wallpaper does nothing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/215814 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
