Desktop Background after graphics update

After I installed the graphics update for 10.6 my desktop reverted to an older picture from my pictures file and will not change to ANYTHING else. Any suggestions??

have you tried changing the desktop by iphoto, right click, system prefrences

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Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand the concern of your desktop image going completely gray after an update. It sounds as though you may need to reassign your desktop picture. Please use the attached article for information on how to complete this process.
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Virgin,
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guys
i've solved this way:
from: http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/os/Linux/distr/ … g/os/i686/
i downloaded: nautilus-3.6.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
so i downgraded nautilus (pacman -U nautilus-3.6.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz) from 3.6.3 prior to 3.6.1-1 (unfortunately i couldn't find 3.6.1-2 or 3.6.2 vers around)
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ps: remember to add nautilus in IgnorePkg section (/etc/pacman.conf), otherwise it will be upgraded back again as soon as a pacman -Su is issued
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