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2010-07-27
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How do you change the backgrounds of the extra desktops? I have 5 desktops with 5 different pictures (not sure how I achieved that). But I cannot change the background of the 5th desktop. And if I add more desktops I am stuck with the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th desktop being stuck with the same background as the 5th.
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2010-07-28
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I had the same problem took me about one hour to find out what to do. But this worked for me :
1) follow these instructions : http://maemobriefs.blogspot.com/2010...e-screens.html
2) make sure the package rootsh is installed and run the following commands in xterm:
sudo gainroot
cd /home/user/MyDocs
wget http:// my.arava.co.il/~matan/770/n900/hildon-home_0.3.58+0m5_armel.deb
dpkg -i hildon-home_0.3.58+0m5_armel.deb
3) in xterm :
gconftool-2 -s /apps/osso/hildon-desktop/views/5/bg-image -t string /home/user/MyDocs/.images/NAMEOFYOURIMAGE.jpg
you can change the number of the desktop you want the image attached to by changing the 5 into a 6, a 7 , a 3 or whatever. F.e.
for changing desktop nr 6. :
gconftool-2 -s /apps/osso/hildon-desktop/views/6/bg-image -t string /home/user/MyDocs/.images/NAMEOFYOURIMAGE.jpg
hope this works for you!
Last edited by m.r.a.haak; 2010-07-28 at 09:41.
1) follow these instructions : http://maemobriefs.blogspot.com/2010...e-screens.html
2) make sure the package rootsh is installed and run the following commands in xterm:
sudo gainroot
cd /home/user/MyDocs
wget http:// my.arava.co.il/~matan/770/n900/hildon-home_0.3.58+0m5_armel.deb
dpkg -i hildon-home_0.3.58+0m5_armel.deb
3) in xterm :
gconftool-2 -s /apps/osso/hildon-desktop/views/5/bg-image -t string /home/user/MyDocs/.images/NAMEOFYOURIMAGE.jpg
you can change the number of the desktop you want the image attached to by changing the 5 into a 6, a 7 , a 3 or whatever. F.e.
for changing desktop nr 6. :
gconftool-2 -s /apps/osso/hildon-desktop/views/6/bg-image -t string /home/user/MyDocs/.images/NAMEOFYOURIMAGE.jpg
hope this works for you!
Last edited by m.r.a.haak; 2010-07-28 at 09:41.
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2010-07-31
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Originally Posted by m.r.a.haak
Yikes!!!! Sounds scary but will give it a try. Was hoping for a much simpler solution like how you change the backgrounds if you have only 4.
I had the same problem took me about one hour to find out what to do. But this worked for me :
1) follow these instructions : http://maemobriefs.blogspot.com/2010...e-screens.html
2) make sure the package rootsh is installed and run the following commands in xterm:
sudo gainroot
cd /home/user/MyDocs
wget http:// my.arava.co.il/~matan/770/n900/hildon-home_0.3.58+0m5_armel.deb
dpkg -i hildon-home_0.3.58+0m5_armel.deb
3) in xterm :
gconftool-2 -s /apps/osso/hildon-desktop/views/5/bg-image -t string /home/user/MyDocs/.images/NAMEOFYOURIMAGE.jpg
you can change the number of the desktop you want the image attached to by changing the 5 into a 6, a 7 , a 3 or whatever. F.e.
for changing desktop nr 6. :
gconftool-2 -s /apps/osso/hildon-desktop/views/6/bg-image -t string /home/user/MyDocs/.images/NAMEOFYOURIMAGE.jpg
hope this works for you!
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2010-07-31
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Originally Posted by m.r.a.haak
Version 0.3.58 is from PR1.1. If you upgraded your device to PR1.2, you should use 0.3.66.
wget http:// my.arava.co.il/~matan/770/n900/hildon-home_0.3.58+0m5_armel.deb
dpkg -i hildon-home_0.3.58+0m5_armel.deb
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2010-07-31
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#195
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i'm copy/pasting the above replacing with a real image file of course but the extra screens still come up black
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2010-08-05
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the only way I know to set wallpapers for Desktops >4 is to manually copy the wallpapers to /home/user/.backgrounds
and name them background-5.png, background-6.png and so on...
...which is sad, somehow...
this works even without installing also modded hildon-home.
Once I tried modded hildon home from http://my.arava.co.il/~matan/770/n90...+0m5_armel.deb
but this makes things worse! I can't use the whole "Desktop Option Set Background" version 0.3.58 has similar issues, but at least the menu opened....
hope there'll be a more handy way to set extra desktops with wallpapers any time soon....
Last edited by NightShift79; 2010-08-05 at 02:26.
and name them background-5.png, background-6.png and so on...
...which is sad, somehow...
this works even without installing also modded hildon-home.
Once I tried modded hildon home from http://my.arava.co.il/~matan/770/n90...+0m5_armel.deb
but this makes things worse! I can't use the whole "Desktop Option Set Background" version 0.3.58 has similar issues, but at least the menu opened....
hope there'll be a more handy way to set extra desktops with wallpapers any time soon....
Last edited by NightShift79; 2010-08-05 at 02:26.
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2010-08-09
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btw if i get 6 backgrounds and i wanted to delete 2 of them and i dont want n900 to randolmly delete any 2 what to do ?
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2010-08-09
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Originally Posted by AgogData
It is not randomly picked it is desktop 6 and 5 which disappear if you delete 2 of 6. It is always the last one which gets deleted. To know which are 1-6 you can use a set of wallpapers. For swapping around your home screen's sort order have a look over here.
btw if i get 6 backgrounds and i wanted to delete 2 of them and i dont want n900 to randolmly delete any 2 what to do ?
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2010-08-09
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Originally Posted by chemist
do u mean like a theme ? cuz the theme auto arrange the backgrounds
To know which are 1-6 you can use a set of wallpapers
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2010-08-12
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@Matan
Are you still working on this to make it more comfortable to set wallpapers for extra Desktops ?
Are you still working on this to make it more comfortable to set wallpapers for extra Desktops ?