xfce4: how to override Debian wallpaper?

Question

After upgrade from Debian10 (buster) to Debian11 (bullseye = current testing) and rebooting, xfce4 shows a blueish wallpaper with a "debian^10" logo.

I should be able to override this choice from Menu > Settings > Desktop > Background, setting Style to None. However, this has no effect.

Now reported as a bug: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=939305. — Joachim W, Sep 03 '19 at 06:53
The desktop background wallpaper or the login screen wallpaper? — john doe, Sep 10 '19 at 16:54

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 12 '19 at 16:57

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A bit cumbersome, but you could use a different tool to handle your wallpaper, such as feh

feh --bg-scale /path/to/image

Hope this can help.

answered Sep 12 '19 at 16:57

Hubcaps

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Not the clean solution I was hoping for, but a good workaround. Thanks! – Joachim W Sep 16 '19 at 14:57

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 11 '19 at 01:55

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I should be able to override this choice from Menu > Settings > Desktop > Background, setting Style to None. However, this has no effect.

Another option is setting the wallpaper via xfconf-query, (See: https://superuser.com/q/1327821/764283).

answered Sep 11 '19 at 01:55

oxr463

`$ xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop` yields `No property specified.` Now what? – Joachim W Sep 11 '19 at 15:29
Try running `xfconf-query -l` without `-c` to list all channels. – oxr463 Sep 11 '19 at 16:31
`xfconf-query -l` only lists "Channels: thunar-volman xsettings ... xfce4-desktop xfwm4". No parameter values. – Joachim W Sep 12 '19 at 07:49

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 13 '20 at 19:00

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xsetroot -solid midnightblue

(or whatever xorg color).

answered Jan 13 '20 at 19:00

Joachim W

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