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Changing wallpaper on deepin with CRON

-1

I want to change my wallpaper every X minutes. I want to do that automatically (duh!).
So for this purpose I have created a bash script that does just that.

For your consideration the script:

#!/bin/bash

export $($HOME/cronenv | xargs)
echo ENV Varibles exported $(date)

DIR="/media/timbo/8E5CB4DF5CB4C36F/Linux/Wallpapers"
PIC=$(ls $DIR/* | shuf -n1)

echo $PIC > current.txt

echo Picture saved to current.txt $(date)


dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/background/picture-uri "'file://$PIC'"

echo Script has run $(date)

I also tried with gnome-session but this does not work as deepin uses the deepin desktop and not gnome or KDE. Sure I could install these and then use my script but this is not what I want.

I have tried everything. I am setting env varibles for cron as this is one of the most seen issues. I am using dconf instead of gsettings because it caused a lot of headaches.

The script does run when executed in the terminal directly.

I used this answer for getting the env exporting going. I am unsure if it is doing the right thing however.
Furthermore I used this post to get the dconf key to change the wallpaper. As you can see though, I changed it because in my config it was different.

cron wallpaper deepin dconf

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-1

I want to change my wallpaper every X minutes. I want to do that automatically (duh!).
So for this purpose I have created a bash script that does just that.

For your consideration the script:

#!/bin/bash

export $($HOME/cronenv | xargs)
echo ENV Varibles exported $(date)

DIR="/media/timbo/8E5CB4DF5CB4C36F/Linux/Wallpapers"
PIC=$(ls $DIR/* | shuf -n1)

echo $PIC > current.txt

echo Picture saved to current.txt $(date)


dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/background/picture-uri "'file://$PIC'"

echo Script has run $(date)

I also tried with gnome-session but this does not work as deepin uses the deepin desktop and not gnome or KDE. Sure I could install these and then use my script but this is not what I want.

I have tried everything. I am setting env varibles for cron as this is one of the most seen issues. I am using dconf instead of gsettings because it caused a lot of headaches.

The script does run when executed in the terminal directly.

I used this answer for getting the env exporting going. I am unsure if it is doing the right thing however.
Furthermore I used this post to get the dconf key to change the wallpaper. As you can see though, I changed it because in my config it was different.

cron wallpaper deepin dconf

share|improve this question

edited Mar 12 at 19:15

Rui F Ribeiro

41.5k1483140

asked Mar 12 at 18:41

TimboTimbo

11

New contributor

Timbo is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.

add a comment | 

I want to change my wallpaper every X minutes. I want to do that automatically (duh!).
So for this purpose I have created a bash script that does just that.

For your consideration the script:

#!/bin/bash

export $($HOME/cronenv | xargs)
echo ENV Varibles exported $(date)

DIR="/media/timbo/8E5CB4DF5CB4C36F/Linux/Wallpapers"
PIC=$(ls $DIR/* | shuf -n1)

echo $PIC > current.txt

echo Picture saved to current.txt $(date)


dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/background/picture-uri "'file://$PIC'"

echo Script has run $(date)

I also tried with gnome-session but this does not work as deepin uses the deepin desktop and not gnome or KDE. Sure I could install these and then use my script but this is not what I want.

I have tried everything. I am setting env varibles for cron as this is one of the most seen issues. I am using dconf instead of gsettings because it caused a lot of headaches.

The script does run when executed in the terminal directly.

I used this answer for getting the env exporting going. I am unsure if it is doing the right thing however.
Furthermore I used this post to get the dconf key to change the wallpaper. As you can see though, I changed it because in my config it was different.

cron wallpaper deepin dconf

share|improve this question

edited Mar 12 at 19:15

Rui F Ribeiro

41.5k1483140

asked Mar 12 at 18:41

TimboTimbo

11

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Timbo is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
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#!/bin/bash

export $($HOME/cronenv | xargs)
echo ENV Varibles exported $(date)

DIR="/media/timbo/8E5CB4DF5CB4C36F/Linux/Wallpapers"
PIC=$(ls $DIR/* | shuf -n1)

echo $PIC > current.txt

echo Picture saved to current.txt $(date)


dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/background/picture-uri "'file://$PIC'"

echo Script has run $(date)

share|improve this question

edited Mar 12 at 19:15

Rui F Ribeiro

41.5k1483140

asked Mar 12 at 18:41

TimboTimbo

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edited Mar 12 at 19:15

Rui F Ribeiro

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asked Mar 12 at 18:41

TimboTimbo

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edited Mar 12 at 19:15

Rui F Ribeiro

41.5k1483140

edited Mar 12 at 19:15

Rui F Ribeiro

41.5k1483140

asked Mar 12 at 18:41

TimboTimbo

11

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asked Mar 12 at 18:41

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