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At least one of the problem printers has a fixed IP address. I'll check the other 3 and make sure they do also. However, even the fixed IP printer gets "lost" along with the others... These printers do NOT get lost on Windows.

I recently set up a system running Zorin 17.3. The next time the ...

For a long time I've been having a problem with all my network printers getting "lost" every few days. When that happens Printer Properties states that the printers cannot be found. The ONLY way I have found to recover is to reboot my WiFi router - obviously not an ideal solution! Rebooting CUPS and ...

SOLUTION FOUND!

My wallpaper problem has finally been resolved. The solution was to force the use of the modesetting driver as detailed below. (I don't know why this "patch" became necessary since the wallpaper was working fine on its own until quite recently.) In any case, this is how I solved ...

Using MX-Tweak to force the Intel driver did restore the ability to specify a wallpaper. UNFORTUNATELY, that driver also caused an unacceptable amount of display "tearing" (as has been noted by other users). The best solution would seem to have modesetting loaded and fbdev & vesa unloaded. I'm just ...

A MAJOR CLUE! I think that I've discovered the root cause of my wallpaper problem. It seems that the problem arises because of having the wrong driver being used to support the integrated Intel graphics used on my Beelink system (and many others). Using the inxi -G command:

On the "problem" system ...

I notice that my HDMI display is not being detected:

xrandr --listproviders
Providers: number : 0

However, when run via the live USB flash drive (created from a snapshot made just a few days ago) this command shows 1 provider and give details about my monitor!

I'm very confused and just about ...

All these deletes might fix the wallpaper problem, but this solution seems a bit extreme and might "mess up" my desktop in other ways. I was hoping that the above listings from xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop --list -v might reveal a few settings that are causing the problem.

Here is the output from the above xconf-query command when run in the normal way on the "problem" system when the wallpaper is black and cannot be changed:

xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop --list -v
/backdrop/screen0/monitor0/image-path /home/wayneb/Pictures/Wayne hiking.jpg
/backdrop/screen0/monitor0 ...

As far as the xconf-query command is concerned, I'm not sure which Channel I should be looking at. Here is a list of all Channels:

xfconf-query -l
Channels:
accessibility
catfish
displays
keyboards
pointers
thunar
thunar-volman
xfce4-appfinder
xfce4-desktop
xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts
xfce4 ...

Well, I created a new user but when I went to the Start menu and selected the Switch User icon the screen went black and I had to power off/restart my system! (Fortunately, it came back OK.) Suggestion?