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A similar task for changing the desktop background, can be achieved using the following script:
FILE="/backgrounds/background.png"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri "$FILE"
How would I achieve the same result, but with the user's avatar/profile picture?
gsettings apparently exits successfully if it could not write the setting:
$ chmod a-w .config/dconf/ -R
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri file:///usr/share/backgrounds/Forever_by_Shady_S.jpg
$ echo $?
0
Either that is stunningly bad design, or a bug. Ensure that the ~/.config/dconf folder and everything in it is writable and owned by you:
sudo chown $USER:$USER ~/.config/dconf -R
chmod u+w ~/.config/dconf -R
Consider this script (saved as /home/muru/test.sh):
#! /bin/bash
DRI_PRIME=1 glxgears -info
A basic launcher for this would look like (say, save it as /home/muru/test.desktop):
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Terminal=true
Name=glx-gears-info
Exec=/home/muru/test.sh
Make them both executable:
chmod +x test.sh test.desktop
Now you should have these two entries in your home folder:
Notice how the name is glx-gears-info even though the launcher's filename is test.desktop. You can double click on it to start the script:
For a script like (say, located at /home/muru/start-aria.sh):
#!/bin/bash
touch /home/cip/Downloads/aria2/session.txt && \
aria2c --enable-rpc --rpc-listen-all \
--save-session=/home/cip/Downloads/aria2/session.txt \
--input-file=/home/cip/Downloads/aria2/session.txt -x16 -s16 -k1M \
--dir=/home/cip/Downloads/aria2
(I split the command into multiple lines for readability) the launcher file would look like (say /home/muru/start-aria.desktop):
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Name=Start Aria2
Exec=/home/muru/start-aria.sh
You can set Terminal=false here as this command probably doesn't need a terminal.
To get the terminal window when using Xfce launchers, tick 'Run in Terminal'.
A second command, that would close aria2, can be added in the same Xfce launcher: pkill aria2c
Also:
by adding them into a single launcher,
setting advanced properties like in the image below
(namely 'show last used item' and 'inside button'),
the launcher will always display the current status of aria2: running or closed.
Best Answer
That is not stored in Dconf.
See the contents of ...
To change the 1st check the desktop file for the dir at
Icon=and replace the file it points to (make sure yours is the same size). The second just requires you to move a file to it (probably in the same size and format).If you want to remove the picture altogether and default back to no profile picture, remove the property that says
Icon=, or if you want one single command to do it for you: