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From: Michael Fierro 
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On Friday 23 February 2007 12:33 am, BlackTopBum ranted on thusly: 

> bgchanger didn't work - it ran but did not cycle images. However,
> found an elegant solution here:
> 
> http://howtoforge.com/xfce_desktop_background_wallpaper_changer

I would recommend making a change to your crontab to increase legibility.
Instead of explicitly listing out the minutes, use:

*/5 * * * * killall -USR1 xfdesktop

The "*/5" means "every 5 minutes". By the same token, "*/10 is every 10
minutes, */12 is every 12 minutes, etc...

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