Wallpaper manager is broken

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Wallpaper manager is broken

Post by LinuxIsFun »

Hello folks,
So I've been using Linux mint about 1 year now and I love it
But I encountered a problem.
I can't change wallpapers anymore. They aren't shown anymore and yes the Images directory has multiple. jpg files
Any help?
(see screenshot)
Wallpaper manager.png
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bartszu
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Re: Wallpaper manager is broken

Post by bartszu »

But this is screenshot of what ??
Wallpapers are not in /images they are in /usr/share/backgrounds.
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Re: Wallpaper manager is broken

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I have my wallpapers in /home/username/Images
And it used to work but now it doesn't display an image preview and I can only change wallpapers with the keyboard even though there are plenty of .jpg files in that directory.
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Re: Wallpaper manager is broken

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I found the solution on this website: viewtopic.php?t=267199
thanks internet
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I have a folder in which I have all my Wall Papers...when I want to change...I open the folder select one and click...Set as Wall Paper...simple. Image
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