To Set Desktop Background Preferences

To set desktop background preferences, you modify the values of the preference keys in the /desktop/gnome/background location. For example, to set a mandatory image for the desktop background, run the following command:

# gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory --type string --set /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename filename.png

To set a default value for this preference, run the following command:

# gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults --type string --set /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename filename.png

You can also set other desktop background preferences. For information on the other desktop background preferences, see the desktop_gnome_background.schemas schema definition file.