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Unable to change the wallpaper, stays on /usr/share/background/xfce/xfce-x.svg

Issue Description

The wallpaper does not change and it stays as /usr/share/background/xfce/xfce-x.svg, this applies to solid color change to picture change Since upgrading to Debian testing (trixie) and moving to xfce 4.20 I have has this issue

Steps to Reproduce Issue

Desktop (when "Apply to all workspaces" is ticked on")

  1. Changing the wallpaper in Background select screen
  2. Does not change to selected wallpaper no matter where the image is located

Desktop (when "Apply to all workspaces" is ticked off")

  1. Changing the wallpaper in Background select screen
  2. Does not change to selected wallpaper no matter where the image is located, nor does the "Move this dialog to the workspace you want to edit the settings for." get removed

Terminal

  1. running "xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -p /backdrop/screen0/monitor0/workspace0/last-image -s path/to/image"
  2. passes the command with no output, but nothing changes

Expected Behavior

Wallpaper to change

Additional Information

Only way to really change the wallpaper is by replacing with another image in the same directory with the same name (format doesnt need to be the same). When deleting the xfce-x.svg file, then the background is a black screen. When a wallpaper is changed, the .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-desktop.xml file does registers the input and pics correctly which wallpaper I chose, but still nothing gets applied

Environment & Versions

OS distribution and version: Debian GNU/Linux trixie/sid x86_64 (testing) Overall Xfce version: 4.20. xfdesktop version: 4.20.0 Windowing system (X11/Wayland): X11 GTK Theme: 3.24.43 Icon Theme: Tango2 [GTK2], breeze-dark [GTK3] UI Scale Factor: x1 (no scaling)

Edited by BinglyPlusHello