Bug#547397: gnome-settings-daemon: gnome-setting-daemon doesn't display wallpaper when used outside gnome

[Jean-Baptiste Onofré]

Package: gnome-settings-daemon
Version: 2.26.1-2
Severity: normal


Hi,

I'm using Debian testing.

Yesterday I made a apt-get dist-upgrade that has upgraded gnome-session/gnome-settings-daemon to 2.26.x version (previously I was in 2.22.x).

I use a .xsession script looking like:
gnome-settings-daemon &
cairo-dock &
conky &
metacity

To launch only metacity (not the whole gnome environment).

Before the yesterday upgrade, it worked like a charm but just after the upgrade, gnome-setting-daemon doesn't display any wallpaper. The window and icons look and feel is still here but no more wallpaper.
I tried using another wallpaper, same issue.
I tried using gnome (login on gdm using gnome session) and it works, I got the wallpaper.

So it seems that the problem is only when using gnome-settings-daemon outside gnome (without gnome-session).

I took a look inside gconf but I haven't found any properties around wallpaper.

Please, could you renable the support of wallpaper in gnome-settings-daemon outside gnome ?
Is there any workaround by tuning gconf ?

Thanks,
Regards
JB

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.27.4-nanthrax (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon depends on:
ii  gconf2                        2.26.2-3   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libc6                         2.9-25     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                     1.8.8-2    The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3                   1.2.16-2   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2              0.82-1     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1                2.6.0-4    generic font configuration library
ii  libgconf2-4                   2.26.2-3   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0                   1:2.6.4-1  library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.20.5-1   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2-11         2.26.1-1   Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnomekbd3                  2.26.0-1   GNOME library to manage keyboard c
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10 0.10.24-1  GStreamer libraries from the "base
ii  libgstreamer0.10-0            0.10.24-1  Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii  libgtk2.0-0                   2.16.6-1   The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk2.1 0.4.5-1    sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.2.2-1  X11 client-side library
ii  libxi6                        2:1.2.1-2  X11 Input extension library
ii  libxklavier12                 3.9-1      X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxxf86misc1                 1:1.0.1-3  X11 XFree86 miscellaneous extensio

gnome-settings-daemon recommends no packages.

Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon suggests:
ii  gnome-screensaver             2.26.1-2   GNOME screen saver and locker
ii  metacity [x-window-manager]   1:2.26.0-3 lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  ratpoison [x-window-manager]  1.4.5-1    keyboard-only window manager
ii  x11-xserver-utils             7.4+2      X server utilities

-- no debconf information