Unable to preview or apply wallpapers on Fedora 40

[TheFallenSpirit]

Hello, I have been trying to use this software for the past few hours, however when I run the command ./linux-wallpaperengine 2681264792 the window that pops up is completely black. If I try to use the --screen-root argument to set the wallpaper, It reports it found the screen, but does not change the wallpaper. I have tried this on both X11 and Wayland on my system with the same result.

I am running GNOME 46 on Fedora Workstation 40. I have installed all the required dependencies on my system and encounter no issues while compiling the application.

Here are my console outputs:

$ ./linux-wallpaperengine 2681264792
[0517/163910.545635:WARNING:resource_util.cc(94)] Please customize CefSettings.root_cache_path for your application. Use of the default value may lead to unintended process singleton behaviour.
No "scene.pkg" file found at "/home/fallen/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/workshop/content/431960/2681264792/scene.pkg". Defaulting to normal folder storage
No "gifscene.pkg" file found at "/home/fallen/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/workshop/content/431960/2681264792/gifscene.pkg". Defaulting to normal folder storage
[0517/163910.848319:WARNING:sandbox_linux.cc(400)] InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process gpu-process.

$ ./linux-wallpaperengine --screen-root DisplayPort-2 --silent 2681264792
[0517/164147.330305:WARNING:resource_util.cc(94)] Please customize CefSettings.root_cache_path for your application. Use of the default value may lead to unintended process singleton behavior.
No "scene.pkg" file found at "/home/fallen/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/workshop/content/431960/2681264792/scene.pkg". Defaulting to normal folder storage
No "gifscene.pkg" file found at "/home/fallen/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/workshop/content/431960/2681264792/gifscene.pkg". Defaulting to normal folder storage
Found requested screen: DisplayPort-2 -> 0x0:1920x1080
[0517/164147.626134:WARNING:sandbox_linux.cc(400)] InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process gpu-process.
[0517/164148.049961:INFO:CONSOLE(6)] "TypeError: window.wallpaperRegisterAudioListener is not a function", source: file:///home/fallen/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/workshop/content/431960/2681264792/assets/js/lib/vue.min.js (6)

I have attempted to use multiple wallpapers, and I have verified they are installed in my user directory under .local/share/Steam/steamapps/workshop/content/431960.

Any support would be much appreciated, thanks!

[sweglord227]

IMPORTANT: Right now this doesn't work if there is anything drawing to the background (like a compositor, gnome, kde, nautilus, etc)

have you disabled/turned off the default wallpaper?

[TheFallenSpirit]

IMPORTANT: Right now this doesn't work if there is anything drawing to the background (like a compositor, gnome, kde, nautilus, etc)

have you disabled/turned off the default wallpaper?

I am currently using a custom wallpaper, I can not figure out a method to remove the wallpaper or disable it.

[sweglord227]

you should look into it as i do not use Fedora or GNOME

[Almamu]

The preview window should be fixed as of last commit. Regarding GNOME, looks like they rejected supporting layer_shell, which this software uses to render the contents, so there's not much we can do there yet: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/1922

[TheFallenSpirit]

Alright, thank you.