How do I customize desktop wallpaper slideshow via XML?

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Published on 2011-10-23T13:27:01Z Indexed on 2011/11/18 18:04 UTC
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I spent some time and tried varioues things but nothing works. Here's what I have tried so far:

Making a new folder /usr/share/backgrounds/mywallpapers and add my own background-1.xml in there.
Copying a bunch of my own wallpaper files into /usr/share/backgrounds/
Copy /usr/share/backgrounds/Contest/background-1.xml to /usr/share/backgrounds/

I logged out and in and no changes in Appearance app.

I have heard about Wallch but I don't want some app running in the background all the time. I'm not even sure Wallch will work with Gnome 3. I also tryied gnome-3-wp (Gnome 3 Wallpaper Slideshow app) but it just seems broken for Oneiric Ubuntu 11.10.

Anyone has a solution?

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