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The wallpaper doesn't change when I set the wallpaper
I have tried in System Settings or by the command line set-wallpaper
When I go to "Multitasking view" the new wallpaper does show but switches back to the old one when I am in normal view.
If I log out and log back in, it does update.
You have to restart or at least reload gala to change the wallpaper, for exemple you can type in a terminal window:
killall -HUP gala
This might be related to a bug as well…
It looks like this is a known issue in Gala. The problem seems to be triggered by plugging in a new display.
The workaround posted by lemonslice resolves the problem for me.
I'm not sure what I changed, but this started working. I have been altering the NVIDIA settings, so that may have something to do with it.
Anyway, it's working as expected now without having to restart gala. I'll report again if I find what the bug was
If you have an Intel; run this in the terminal.
sudo apt-get purge xserver-xorg-video-intel
sudo apt autoremove
and reboot your system.
Juno, inside a VMware Workstation Pro 15 VM. However that fix worked across reboots as well. This is what worked: sudo apt-get purge xserver-xorg-video-intel; sudo apt autoremove