--- gnome-desktop-2.21.91/libgnome-desktop/gnome-bg.c	2008-02-11 19:35:11.000000000 +0100
+++ trunk/libgnome-desktop/gnome-bg.c	2008-02-15 15:09:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -238,8 +238,13 @@
 gnome_bg_set_uri (GnomeBG     *bg,
 		  const char  *uri)
 {
+	char *free_me = NULL;
+	
 	g_return_if_fail (bg != NULL);
 	
+	if (g_path_is_absolute (uri))
+		uri = free_me = g_filename_to_uri (uri, NULL, NULL);
+	
 	if (is_different (bg, uri)) {
 		char *tmp = g_strdup (uri);
 		
@@ -253,6 +258,8 @@
 		
 		emit_changed (bg);
 	}
+
+	g_free (free_me);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -1076,10 +1083,11 @@
 		file = g_file_new_for_uri (uri);
 		info = g_file_query_info (file, G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_MODIFIED,
 					  G_FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE, NULL, NULL);
-		if (info)
+		if (info) {
 			mtime = g_file_info_get_attribute_uint64 (info,
 								  G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_MODIFIED);
-		g_object_unref (info);
+			g_object_unref (info);
+		}
 		g_object_unref (file);
 	}
 	
@@ -1602,6 +1610,21 @@
 	return strtol (text, NULL, 0);
 }
 
+static char *
+make_uri (char *file)
+{
+	if (g_path_is_absolute (file)) {
+		char *result = g_filename_to_uri (file, NULL, NULL);
+
+		g_free (file);
+
+		return result;
+	}
+	else {
+		return file;
+	}
+}
+
 static void
 handle_text (GMarkupParseContext *context,
 	     const gchar         *text,
@@ -1638,9 +1661,11 @@
 	else if (stack_is (parser, "file", "static", "background", NULL) ||
 		 stack_is (parser, "from", "transition", "background", NULL)) {
 		slide->file1 = g_strdup (text);
+		slide->file1 = make_uri (slide->file1);
 	}
 	else if (stack_is (parser, "to", "transition", "background", NULL)) {
 		slide->file2 = g_strdup (text);
+		slide->file2 = make_uri (slide->file2);
 	}
 }