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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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