Bug#993634: xfdesktop4 doesn't always change backgrounds at specified intervals. Regression?
Package: xfdesktop4
Version: 4.16.0-1
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: charlescurley@charlescurley.com
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
Using the Desktop program on Buster, one may set the background to change every day, and it does so.
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
New installation on two Lenovo T-61 laptops. Went into the Desktop program as usual to (among other things) set the background and frequency of change of the background. I was able to set the background correctly. I then selected my usual "Change the background every day". I also select "Random Order".
* What was the outcome of this action?
Background did not change. I waited several days; no change.
* What outcome did you expect instead?
The background should change overnight.
Further information:
* Setting the frequency to one hour works correctly. Setting it to 24 hours does not work. I am experimenting with other hourly values to see what happens.
* On a dual headed setup, this problem appears on both monitors. I can set up the background for both monitors correctly, and one and two hour rotations of the background work.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 11.0
APT prefers stable-security
APT policy: (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-8-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages xfdesktop4 depends on:
ii exo-utils 4.16.0-1
ii libc6 2.31-13
ii libcairo2 1.16.0-5
ii libexo-2-0 4.16.0-1
ii libgarcon-1-0 4.16.1-1
ii libgarcon-gtk3-1-0 4.16.1-1
ii libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 2.42.2+dfsg-1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.66.8-1
ii libgtk-3-0 3.24.24-4
ii libnotify4 0.7.9-3
ii libpango-1.0-0 1.46.2-3
ii libthunarx-3-0 4.16.8-1
ii libwnck-3-0 3.36.0-1
ii libx11-6 2:1.7.2-1
ii libxfce4ui-2-0 4.16.0-1
ii libxfce4util7 4.16.0-1
ii libxfconf-0-3 4.16.0-2
ii xfdesktop4-data 4.16.0-1
Versions of packages xfdesktop4 recommends:
ii dbus-user-session [default-dbus-session-bus] 1.12.20-2
ii librsvg2-common 2.50.3+dfsg-1
ii tumbler 4.16.0-1
ii xdg-user-dirs 0.17-2
xfdesktop4 suggests no packages.
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