Latest KDE Beta - No desktop Background

metalhedd

No matter what image I select for a background it uses default blue. i've tried 'refresh desktop' and it still doesn't work. also kind of unrelated I guess. kmess isn't saving my settings either. all of my other config setttings seem to hold, but not those 2.. anyone know whats going on?

chrish01 · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 5:16 am Post subject:

Dude, me too...i have no idea what it is, but it royally pisses me off.

dev · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 8:40 am Post subject:

It seems to want to default to the "default_blue.whatever" picture regardless of what I set it to. So I went ahead and just backed that up, and copied the background I wanted over it. Crued, but its a quick fix for now.

metalhedd · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 12:57 pm Post subject:

thanks dev. I'll just do that, i never thought of it

phong · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 1:06 pm Post subject:

I'm having the same problem. I assume it's a bug that will be fixed before 3.1 final is out.
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ebrostig · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 8:12 pm Post subject:

I saw this problem in 3.1Beta1, but it is not there anymore in 3.1Beta2. I can change the background to whatever I like now

I would suggest that you maybe remove or rename your .kde directory prior to starting the new version to see if it helps.

Erik

TheZog · n00b Joined: 17 Aug 2002 Posts: 57 Location: Sunny Seattle

I'm running 3.1Beta2 and I still can't change the background.

Lin_Matt

OdinsDream · Veteran Joined: 01 Jun 2002 Posts: 1057

Maybe this is the same problem...

When I choose a new background, I have to take a window and "wave" it around the desktop to paint the new background over the previous one.

Wilke · Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2002 3:32 pm Post subject:

phong · Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2002 5:22 pm Post subject:

morck · Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2002 9:20 pm Post subject:

I had the same problem until today .... but I'm not sure how I fixed it.
Try to choose the new background for just "one" desktop and not for all of them. I thing that was what I did. And after that it just worked fine.

[smeagol] · Apprentice Joined: 24 Oct 2002 Posts: 152

This problem has happened to me in gentoo 1.2 as well as gentoo 1.4... must be a kde problem. and jw. Why don't textboxes become antialiased in kde?

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dnm · Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2002 12:29 am Post subject: kdesktoprc

I could not for some reason change my desktop wallpaper... (kde3.1beta2)
I did get it to accept new picture files after fiddling with $HOME/.kde3.1/share/config/kdesktoprc. If I only remembered exactly what I did...
But here is what I vaguely remember:
Tried to change from configure background/wallpaper menu, seems to accept the new picture but does not display it and when I get back into the configure dialog from the menu it still shows the old filename.
So I exit configure dialog again and I modify kdesktoprc by removing the first Wallpaper=<xxx.png/jpg/etc> line I find in it, and the next time I use the wallpaper/background menu I can now can add other images (multi) + when I go out (click OK) then the actual pic is displayed instead of ignored... strange... now changing desktop background every hour

(gentoo 1.4rc1+unmasked kde3.1beta2)

karl11 · Guru Joined: 25 Jun 2002 Posts: 469 Location: Raleigh, NC

People...Matt had the answer...read up to the post by Lin_Matt. That's the absolute easiest way around this problem.

Karl

dnm · Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2002 9:27 am Post subject:

yannick · Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2002 10:41 am Post subject:

Instead of simply removing your ~/.kde/share/config/kdesktoprc, you can just edit it and :
- set "UseWallpaper=true" (I don't remember exactly the names, I'm on my computer now)
- set "Wallpaperlist="
- set "Wallpaper=Dasding.jpg" or whatever background you want (if it is in a normal dir for kde wallpapers [that is /usr/kde/3.1/share/Wallpapers, ~/.kde/share/Wallpapers], you don't need to include the path)
- save

then start "Configure Desktop..." and click "Apply".