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wallch package

wallch will not start, loads but will no change wallpaper

Asked by Paul Kelly

The Wallch program no longer actually changes wallpapers. The GUI comes up, and clicking the start button does not start it to changing wallpaper.

I purged it, re-installed it to make sure it was the most recent version and that made no difference.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What is the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; apt-cache policy wallch

Thanks

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Paul Kelly (pksings) said : 		#2

[paul:/tmp] $ lsb_release -a; uname -a; apt-cache policy wallch
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal
Linux phred.pksings.com 5.4.0-54-generic #60-Ubuntu SMP Fri Nov 6 10:37:59 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
wallch:
  Installed: 4.0-0ubuntu6
  Candidate: 4.0-0ubuntu6
  Version table:
 *** 4.0-0ubuntu6 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
[paul:/tmp] $

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Paul Kelly (pksings) said : 		#3

I ran a wallch --start and then a wallch --change from the command line and it began working.

Should I close this as "Solved"?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

Does it work after a reboot or do you need to run the start command again?

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Paul Kelly (pksings) said : 		#5

I have to run the start command again.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

You can add the command to your session startup. There should be an item in the dash called startup items or its under system settings. It'll run when you login and run as your user

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Paul Kelly (pksings) said : 		#7

That has been done already, but it won't change until I run the command in a terminal session.
I'm closing this one, I can live with this.

Thank you!

Paul