Bug 113472

Summary:	Desktop backgrounds aren't updated properly
Product:	[Plasma] kicker	Reporter:	Niels <niels.misc>
Component:	minipagerapplet	Assignee:	Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal	CC:	clcevboxvjeo, echidnaman, filter.my, hov73, khanreaper, mkoiwfytds, p0z3r, smileaf
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Niels 2005-09-28 01:47:07 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.4.90)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages

With KDE 3.5_beta1.

I have 6 desktops (1 screen). I have the pager applet set to show the wallpaper on each desktop. But when KDE starts, only the first is shown, the others are grey. Then, as I visit each desktop, the wallpapers are shown.

Comment 1 Aaron J. Seigo 2005-09-29 03:19:10 UTC

kdesktop only signals when there is a wallpaper updated (according to it). on startup, this should happen with each desktop. however, if it delays loading of the desktop, then it won't send this signal and the pager can not receive these updates. there is absolutely nothing i can do about this given the current design of things.

Comment 2 Niels 2005-09-30 00:54:58 UTC

Fair enough.

Couldn't the applet scan the desktops every ten seconds, looking for changes?

Comment 3 Aaron J. Seigo 2005-10-28 04:50:23 UTC

no, that's not how it works. the only way to make this any better would be to have the pager render the backgrounds itself. this would be even heavier, however.

Comment 4 Richard Neill 2005-11-28 05:56:02 UTC

In most cases, the wallpaper is fairly static from one session to the next. So a possible workaround might be to cache a thumbnail (a very tiny one!) of each wallpaper. Then, at login, initially set the pager to the thumbnail. Provided that you update the thumbnail when you update the pager, this will remain self-consistent. This will cover 99% of the times.

Comment 5 Michael Brade 2006-01-08 10:13:47 UTC

Aaron is the official maintainer now :-)

Comment 6 Matt Broadstone 2006-02-27 17:21:36 UTC

*** Bug 121202 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Aaron J. Seigo 2006-03-01 02:45:08 UTC

*** Bug 121202 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8 Andreas Kling 2006-08-12 22:13:52 UTC

*** Bug 128102 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9 Andreas Kling 2006-08-15 21:35:16 UTC

*** Bug 122864 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 10 Andreas Kling 2006-08-15 21:36:27 UTC

*** Bug 118365 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 11 Andreas Kling 2006-08-15 22:38:27 UTC

*** Bug 112290 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 12 Andreas Kling 2006-08-15 22:51:58 UTC

*** Bug 114458 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 13 gorgo 2008-09-23 01:08:50 UTC

*** This bug has been confirmed by popular vote. ***

Comment 14 Jonathan Thomas 2009-06-11 16:16:30 UTC

Kicker is currently unmaintained, you can look to your distribution for help if they still support KDE3, however.