Unable to change the wallpaper in XenialPup [Solved]

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Unable to change the wallpaper in XenialPup [Solved]

#1 Post by jeffneedle »

I want to change the wallpaper in Xenialpup. When I use JWMDesk Manager, I can navigate to the directory that contains the images I want to use. But clicking on a filename just brings me to the file manager. Strange behavior. I can't set any wallpaper. Any help? Thanks, as always.
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#2 Post by bigpup »

What version of Xenialpup????????
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#3 Post by bigpup »

Is this the directory you are navigating to?
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#4 Post by jeffneedle »

Version is 7.5, the latest. And yes, that's one of the directories I'm navigating to. I also have a separate directory of wallpapers I've tried to use. Trying to set the wallpaper from either directory gives the same result -- opening the file manager.
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#5 Post by bigpup »

Fresh clean install of Xenialpup 7.5

Wallpaper-set desktop background program working OK for me.

Are you trying to use an old save from a previous version of Xenialpup?

Could just be a bad install of Xenialpup and or a bad download of the Xenialpup iso.

If installing to a fat32 or ntfs formatted drive that Windows has worked with.
Always defrag the drive using Windows defrag program before installing Puppy.
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#6 Post by ally »

works for me too, select file, click apply

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#7 Post by jeffneedle »

Revisiting. A clean install of Xenial 7.5, 64-bit. I pull up JWMDesk Manager, I get the usual list of backgrounds, I click on a background file, click on Apply, and all I get is the default file manager (xfe, on my system) display.

Any further thoughts on this? This is so mysterious, given the reports from other users here.
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#8 Post by jeffneedle »

Update. I reset the default file manager to roxfiler, and now the JWMDesktop Manager works fine. How strange is that??? The developers may want to figure out why this is happening.
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#9 Post by bigpup »

What was the default file manager set to when it was not working?
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