Backgrounds Disappear

[johnnysocko]

Have 4 desktops, each with an assigned background.

Was working more or less till a couple days ago.

Now, all backgrounds black screen.

When I first enter the desktop at boot, the background flashes temporarily, then is blacked out, then never appears again.

[Patrick]

And you're sure that's caused by Dexpot? What does it say in "Configure Desktops > Background"?

[johnnysocko]

would be nice to attach the image

in configure desktops, desktop 1, it has a file selected in "path", it has a desktop background of gray now, has an alignment of fit, and shows in preview what one would expect it to look like properly.

changing background color works. picture does not.

[Patrick]

Can you change the wallpaper using the Windows Control Panel?

[johnnysocko]

tried that - no

[johnnysocko]

lmao - tried it once before, it didn't work
in the interim had restarted dexpot
tried it again, now it works. and my backgrounds are flipping properly
go figure.

something to consider - thinking this may be related to VLC video setting to allow desktop background viewing which I do periodically.

i've also done a complete uninstall of VLC and reinstall this morning so maybe that was part of the issue.

[Patrick]

Yay for problems that fix themselves!

Also, file attachments should work again.