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Rotate Gnome Wallpaper using Systemd
- Note: Adjust paths as applicable to the desired OS.
- Note: The "$" represents the terminal prompt.
- Note: Verified to work on Arch Linux with Gnome v3.14.
Installation Instructions
- Download "gnome-rotate-wallpaper.service", "gnome-rotate-wallpaper.timer" and "gnome_rotate_wallpaper".
- Move the 3 files to where Systemd user files are stored.
$ mv gnome-rotate-wallpaper.service gnome-rotate-wallpaper.timer /etc/systemd/user/
- Move the BASH script "gnome_rotate_wallpaper".
$ mv gnome_rotate_wallpaper /usr/local/bin/
- Set execute permissions.
$ chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gnome_rotate_wallpaper
- Enable the timer.
$ systemctl --user enable gnome-rotate-wallpaper.timer
- Verify the timer is enabled.
$ systemctl --user list-unit-files
gnome-rotate-wallpaper.service disabled
gnome-rotate-wallpaper.timer enabled
2 unit files listed.
- Start the timer.
$ systemctl --user start gnome-rotate-wallpaper.timer
- Verify the timer has been started.
$ systemctl --user list-timers
NEXT LEFT LAST PASSED UNIT ACTIVATES
Thu 2016-03-10 18:49:00 CST 1s left Thu 2016-03-10 18:48:56 CST 1s ago gnome-rotate-wallpaper.timer gnome-rotate-wallpaper.service
1 timers listed.
Pass --all to see loaded but inactive timers, too.
User Configuration
Change the default wallpaper directory.
- Create the required directories.
$ mkdir ~/.config/systemd ~/.config/systemd/user
- Create the configuration file. Replace "username" with applicable value.
$ nano ~/.config/systemd/user/gnome-rotate-wallpaper.conf
WALLPAPER_DIR=/home/username/Pictures/wallpaper
Set the Interval to When the Wallpaper Changes.
Create the timer file and then change the "OnCalendar" value to the desired interval. Refer to ArchLinux: systemd/Timers for further details.
- Create the required directories.
$ mkdir ~/.config/systemd ~/.config/systemd/user
- Create the configuration file.
$ nano ~/.config/systemd/user/gnome-rotate-wallpaper.timer
[Unit]
Description=Gnome rotate wallpaper
[Timer]
OnCalendar=*:0/1
Persistent=true
Unit=gnome-rotate-wallpaper.service
[Install]
WantedBy=gnome-rotate-wallpaper.service
Available picture-options
- none
- wallpaper
- centered
- scaled
- stretched
- zoom
- spanned