Change Wallpaper via Ssh
I Have a Server Running 12.04 32Bit. I Would Like to Change the Wallpaper via an Ssh Connection. I Tried the Following Command, but It Didn't Change the...
I have a server running 12.04 32bit.
I would like to change the wallpaper via an ssh connection.
I tried the following command, but it didn't change the wallpaper. The command works if I am on the server (physically sat down with a keyboard and monitor connected), but not via an ssh connection.
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri "file:///tmp/ozvsk.jpg"
Any ideas?
1 Answer
I think you can try the following:
ssh user@remotehost
Once you are logged in the remote host you need to export the "Display" so you can search it with this.
env | grep 'DISPLAY'
The result is:
DISPLAY=:0
Now you can export the DISPLAY.
export DISPLAY=:0
Then you can set the background.
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri "file:///tmp/ozvsk.jpg"
Cheers.
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