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Wallppaper is reset to default wallpaper after restart

Asked by Arindam

Hi,
I have Ubuntu 8.4 installed on my laptop. I changed the desktop background to one of the jpeg file available in my windows partition. But every time after restart the wallpaper is reset to the default ubuntu wallpaper. Any configuration change that I need to do to make it permamnent?

Thanks in advance!!!

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Best Andre Mangan (kyphi) said : 		#1

Place a copy of the jpeg file somewhere into your Home directory. While Ubuntu can read what is in your Windows partition, doing so is not part of the boot process.

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Wyatt Smith (wyatt-smith) said : 		#2

This is probably occurring because your windows drive is not automatically mounted when you boot.

You should edit your /etc/fstab file so that your windows partition automatically mounts during startup. Here a link that should help.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab

Hope this helps

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Arindam (arindam-biswas) said : 		#3

Copying the wallpaper to my linux partition has solved the problem. Will try out the auto mounting feature also. Thanks!!

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Arindam (arindam-biswas) said : 		#4

Thanks Andre Mangan, that solved my question.