Description: Webilder delivers stunning wallpapers to your Linux desktop, directly from Flickr and Webshots. You choose what keywords (tags) to watch for, and photos are automatically downloaded to your computer. Webilder can also change the wallpaper every few minutes.
KWebilder is a KDE system tray application which wraps Webilder. Webilder is a GTK application.
Installation: Please visit Webilder website: http://www.webilder.org/ for detailed installation instructions and updates. KDE Users: Pay special attention to --with-kde option:
Extract the archive: tar xzf Webilder-0.6.2.tar.gz cd Webilder-0.6.2 python setup.py install --with-kde
In the Preferences Window, Advanced Tab, Make sure that KDE wallpaper settings is selected.Last changelog:
Hi, nice software but not usable actually for everybody.
I have a widescreen (1920x1200). Using flickr I've tried the tag : wallpaper,1920x1200.
webilder founds the photos containing theses tags but downloads the one with the smaller resolution. And pictures of 800x600 are too ugly on 1920x1200.
I have Kubuntu edgy.
For the install script to work I had to install python-gnome-1.2 and python-gnome2-extras packages.
The program itself still does not work, in konsole I got the following error message:
ImportError: No module named PIL
The python-imaging package was missing.
Visited the homepage, added the repositories, and installed according to the instructions there.
Now it works. Thanks!
If I click the icon in the systray and select anything from the menu nothing happens.
When I run webilder_desktop from the cli I get this error:
/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/webilder/uitricks.py:8: GtkWarning: gtk_tree_row_reference_new: assertion `GTK_IS_TREE_MODEL (model)' failed
self._wTree = gtk.glade.XML(gladefile, toplevel)
/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/webilder/uitricks.py:8: GtkWarning: gtk_cell_view_set_displayed_row: assertion `GTK_IS_TREE_MODEL (cell_view->priv->model)' failed
self._wTree = gtk.glade.XML(gladefile, toplevel)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/webilder_desktop", line 3, in ?
main()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/webilder/WebilderDesktop.py", line 501, in main
main_window = WebilderDesktopWindow()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/webilder/WebilderDesktop.py", line 60, in __init__
self.collection_tree_changed)
gnomevfs.NotSupportedError: Unsupported operation
What do I need to do?
LocoMojo
To disable gnomevfs in Webilder you can edit the file /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/WebilderDesktop.py and delete lines 12-15 (these lines should be about gnomevfs), and add the following line instead:
gnomevfs = None
In the next version, I'll add proper detection for this case.
Is it possible that your home directory is located on a remote machine and mounted via NFS or Samba?
If not, please send me more information about your system: distribution, and versions of the packages gnome-python and gnome-python-extras.
Never mind, it works now. I rebooted my machine this morning and after the reboot it worked.
Why? I don't know. Doesn't matter.
Nice piece of software. Can't "Browse Collection" from the right click menu though. Everything else seems to work fine, so far.
Wish Flickr had better pictures. I'm getting quite a bunch of personal pictures of people and many of the supposedly "interesting" photos are, imho, quite uninteresting.
Is there any way I could change the source of the pictures being downloaded? Deviant art, for instance, or even kde-look wallpapers.
Thanks for a nifty tool.
LocoMojo
Ratings & Comments
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Hi, nice software but not usable actually for everybody. I have a widescreen (1920x1200). Using flickr I've tried the tag : wallpaper,1920x1200. webilder founds the photos containing theses tags but downloads the one with the smaller resolution. And pictures of 800x600 are too ugly on 1920x1200.
I have Kubuntu edgy. For the install script to work I had to install python-gnome-1.2 and python-gnome2-extras packages. The program itself still does not work, in konsole I got the following error message: ImportError: No module named PIL
The python-imaging package was missing. Visited the homepage, added the repositories, and installed according to the instructions there. Now it works. Thanks!
If I click the icon in the systray and select anything from the menu nothing happens. When I run webilder_desktop from the cli I get this error: /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/webilder/uitricks.py:8: GtkWarning: gtk_tree_row_reference_new: assertion `GTK_IS_TREE_MODEL (model)' failed self._wTree = gtk.glade.XML(gladefile, toplevel) /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/webilder/uitricks.py:8: GtkWarning: gtk_cell_view_set_displayed_row: assertion `GTK_IS_TREE_MODEL (cell_view->priv->model)' failed self._wTree = gtk.glade.XML(gladefile, toplevel) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/webilder_desktop", line 3, in ? main() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/webilder/WebilderDesktop.py", line 501, in main main_window = WebilderDesktopWindow() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/webilder/WebilderDesktop.py", line 60, in __init__ self.collection_tree_changed) gnomevfs.NotSupportedError: Unsupported operation What do I need to do? LocoMojo
To disable gnomevfs in Webilder you can edit the file /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/WebilderDesktop.py and delete lines 12-15 (these lines should be about gnomevfs), and add the following line instead: gnomevfs = None In the next version, I'll add proper detection for this case. Is it possible that your home directory is located on a remote machine and mounted via NFS or Samba? If not, please send me more information about your system: distribution, and versions of the packages gnome-python and gnome-python-extras.
Never mind, it works now. I rebooted my machine this morning and after the reboot it worked. Why? I don't know. Doesn't matter. Nice piece of software. Can't "Browse Collection" from the right click menu though. Everything else seems to work fine, so far. Wish Flickr had better pictures. I'm getting quite a bunch of personal pictures of people and many of the supposedly "interesting" photos are, imho, quite uninteresting. Is there any way I could change the source of the pictures being downloaded? Deviant art, for instance, or even kde-look wallpapers. Thanks for a nifty tool. LocoMojo
Thanks. I'll add more sources for wallpapers in the upcoming versions. DeviantArt, kde-look/wallpapers and gnome-look/wallpapers are in top priority.