And finally the ugly, no cron at all (darn it)! Using other methods the changes get set in gconf, but the image does not change. Maybe it is because I am running Deepin's DDE (dde makes use of the same path, different key). Ugly for the rescue: A final attempt to make this saga work.
With this script the wallpaper is changed every 420 seconds (7 minutes) in an endless loop picking a random wallpaper from one of 4 sets (or directories), acordingly to the time of the day or night.
I've created a .desktop file and added this .desktop file to the "~/.config/autostart". I've also created another pair script/desktop without the loop to be on my dock, so I can click on it and change it on fly too.
Set the ugly up: save the script as wallpaperd somewhere and make it executable:
chmod +x wallpaperd
Now create a folder called Wallpaper inside the Pictures directory. Inside this Wallpaper folder create 4 more folders with the names afternoon, duskdawn, morning and night. Put the image files you wish in those 4 directories.
mkdir -p ~/Pictures/Wallpaper/morning
mkdir ~/Pictures/Wallpaper/afternoon
mkdir ~/Pictures/Wallpaper/night
mkdir ~/Pictures/Wallpaper/duskdawn
wallpaperd
#!/bin/bash
for (( ; ; ))
do
me="MyUser" # Change me!
morning="morning"
afternoon="afternoon"
dawn="duskdawn"
night="night"
dusk="duskdawn"
now="morning"
hour=$(date +%R | sed 's/\:.*//')
if [ "$hour" -ge 7 ] && [ "$hour" -lt 12 ]
then
now="morning"
elif [ "$hour" -ge 12 ] && [ "$hour" -lt 17 ]
then
now="afternoon"
elif [ "$hour" -ge 17 ] && [ "$hour" -lt 18 ]
then
now="duskdawn"
elif [ "$hour" -ge 18 ] && [ "$hour" -le 23 ]
then
now="night"
elif [ "$hour" -ge 0 ] && [ "$hour" -lt 6 ]
then
now="night"
elif [ "$hour" -ge 6 ] && [ "$hour" -lt 7 ]
then
now="duskdawn"
fi
imgPath="/home/$me/Pictures/Wallpaper/$now/"
imgFile=$(ls -1 $imgPath | shuf -n 1 | awk '{print $NF}')
export bgNow=""$imgPath$imgFile""
# Deepin desktop
/usr/bin/gsettings set com.deepin.wrap.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri "$bgNow"
# Gnome desktop
#/usr/bin/gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri "$bgNow"
sleep 420
done
- Set the proper gsettings command for your desktop in script!
wallyd.desktop
** Autostart Path: /home/YOUR_USER/.config/autostart/wallyd.desktop**
[Desktop Entry]
Categories=System;
Comment=Change Wallpapers Agent
Exec=/home/$USER/Bin/wallpaperd
Icon=computer
Name=Wally Daemon
NoDisplay=false
Terminal=false
Type=Application
- Edit the script's path to match the path where you saved the script.
No loop
To create a desktop icon without the loop, only to change the wally and quit do this:
Save the script as wallpaper (without the d at the end) and remove these lines:
for (( ; ; ))
do
done
Use the template above to create another .desktop file for this non looped wallpaper script. Change the Name and the Exec path for the non looped script.
Save this .desktop here:
/usr/share/applications/wally.desktop
Drag it to your taskbar or dock. Click it and it will change the wallpaper on the fly.
