A simple wallpaper changer supporting various backends. It currently supports Gnome 3, Unity, Mate Desktop and feh(for lightweight window manager, such as i3, openbox...etc.). User can also add custom scripts in /etc/autobgch/scripts/ and pass the script name by -bcknd YOUR_SCRIPT to the daemon.
Download the tarball from release archives and decompress it. Execute the following command in the source code directory to install:
$ sudo python3 setup.py install
There is also an AUR for Arch Linux users.
This program has two parts: bgchd(the daemon) and bgctl(the controller).
- bgchd (the daemon). bgchd is responsible for changing wallpaper periodically :
usage: bgchd [-h] -dir BG_DIR [BG_DIR ...] [-intv MIN_OR_SEC] -bcknd SCRIPT
[-rpl]
random wallpaper changer daemon
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-dir BG_DIR [BG_DIR ...]
wallpaper directories
-intv MIN_OR_SEC interval of changing wallpaper(i.e. 10s or 5m).
default: 30s
-bcknd SCRIPT script in /etc/autobgch/scripts/ as backend. official
support: mate, gnome3, unity, feh, plasma5
-rpl replace exsiting daemon if any
- bgctl (the controller). bgctl is responsible for controlling bgchd during its runtime.
usage: bgctl [play|pause|prev|next|info|config -dir BG_DIR -intv MIN_OR_SEC]
control program for bgchd
Commands:
play Start playing
pause Stop playing
prev Previous Wallpaper
next Next Wallpaper
info Show information of bgchd
config Change configuration of bgchd. check 'bgctl config --help' for detail
YouTube: https://youtu.be/zsZgOnMRW7M
For GNOME and Mate users, copy the template in /etc/autobgch/autostart/ to $HOME/.config/autostart/ and modify it as you need. For the users of lightweight window manager(i3, openbox...etc.), just add bgchd and arguments that you need to the startup script of your window manager.