doesn't set wallpaper on xfce

[apprehensions]

i'm currently running arcolinux xfce4 and i have installed pacwall from yay
when trying to run pacwall nothing literally happens; i run it on gnome still nothing but a second before exiting i see it
what i think the problem is that the wallpaper providers for xfce/gnome deny it since viewing the gnome logs give
URI './pacwall.png' is invalid
and
Failed to load background 'file:///home/wael/pacwall.png': Error opening file /home/wael/pacwall.png: No such file or directory
any help?

[Kharacternyk]

Could you try this hook?

hook: "S=$(xdpyinfo | grep dimensions | sed -r \"s/^[^0-9]*([0-9]+x[0-9]+).*$/\1/\");"
      "convert '$W' -gravity center -background '#073642' -extent '$S' '$W';"
      "gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri $(realpath '$W');"

[apprehensions]

sorry but i have no idea how to use this
edit: i think you put that in the pacwall.conf but still nothing

[Kharacternyk]

So you have put this into pacwall.conf and it doesn't work. Do you have anything else in pacwall.conf? What do GNOME logs tell?

[apprehensions]

i was running xfce at that time, nothing
running gnome and it works! problem is i use xfce as my main de so this kinda sucks :(
also is it normal that the wallpaper turns white then updates? (in gnome)

[Kharacternyk]

problem is i use xfce as my main de so this kinda sucks :(

Have you run these commands from the installation section of the README?

sudo pacman -S --needed hsetroot
mkdir -p ~/.config/pacwall
cp /usr/share/pacwall/examples/hook/hsetroot ~/.config/pacwall/pacwall.conf

XFCE and GNOME require different approaches to set a wallpaper.

also is it normal that the wallpaper turns white then updates? (in gnome)

What if you shorten the hook to

hook: "S=$(xdpyinfo | grep dimensions | sed -r \"s/^[^0-9]*([0-9]+x[0-9]+).*$/\1/\");"
      "convert '$W' -gravity center -background '#073642' -extent '$S' '$W';"

? Does the white flickering occur?

[apprehensions]

well it became black but it doesn't bother me as much, another thing
it isn't centered, and the size and color scheme doesn't fit and it doesn't change unless i return to v1.0
edit: trying to edit the size and color scheme gives me syntax errors which i'm really not sure if its supposed to say that

[apprehensions]

pacwall on xfce with the shortened hook still is broken

[Kharacternyk]

pacwall on xfce with the shortened hook still is broken

The shortened hook is for GNOME. For XFCE you should use the hsetroot one.

trying to edit the size and color scheme gives me syntax errors which i'm really not sure if its supposed to say that

Please read the README for instructions on changing the appearance. The new version isn't compatible with v1 in many ways.

[apprehensions]

The shortened hook is for GNOME. For XFCE you should use the hsetroot one.

setting config to https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kharacternyk/pacwall/master/examples/hook/hsetroot
still gives nothing..

[Kharacternyk]

That's very weird. It worked on v1.*, right? Is $? zero after pacwall invocation?

[omentic]

I too see this problem on EndeavourOS XFCE.

[Kharacternyk]

It seems that setting wallpaper on XFCE via CLI is rather complicated:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/380550/xubuntu-how-to-set-the-wallpaper-using-the-command-line

[herrenP]

Try this in ~/.config/pacwall/pacwall.conf

hook: "monitorInfo=$(xrandr | grep ' connected ');"
      "monitorName=$(echo $monitorInfo | awk \"{print $1}\");"
      "monitorResolution=$(echo $monitorInfo | awk \"{print $3}\" | cut -d '+' -f1);"
      "convert '$W' -gravity center -background '#073642' -extent '$monitorResolution' '$W';"
      "wallpaper=$(dirname '$W')/bg.png;"
      "cp -f '$W' '$wallpaper';"
      "xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -p /backdrop/screen0/monitor'$monitorName'/workspace0/last-image -s '$wallpaper';"

Then run pacwall.

The current script will set the wallpaper for all workspaces. Not sure how it will behave on a multi-monitor setup. I have only one monitor.

Suggestions are welcome of course.