Bug 179659

Summary: Installing themes using the "Get New Themes" dialog in Login Manager doesn't work
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: Jose Alcalá Correa <gskbyte>
Component: kcm_kdmAssignee: kdm bugs tracker <kdm-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version: 4.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Compiled Sources   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Attachments: Snapshot of the problem

Description Jose Alcalá Correa 2009-01-04 23:25:15 UTC 
Version:            (using Devel)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled sources

I've noticed this behavior using KDE 4.2 beta 2 packages for Kubuntu, and using compiled sources (KDE 4.2 >= 20090101, updated yesterday).

The problem is that I can select themes for KDM using the button "Get new Themes", in the Theme tab from the Login Manager module in Systemsettings. I can browse themes and select the ones I want, but when they are installed an I close the "Get New Themes" dialo, I can't select the themes I have installed.

I have revised /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/themes (for Kubuntu 4.2 beta packages) and /home/kde-devel/kde/share/apps/kdm/themes/ (for KDE 4.2 trunk, compiled from sources) and I can see the folders containing the themes I have downloaded, but I can't select them in the Theme tab of Login Manager module.
Comment 1 Jose Alcalá Correa 2009-01-04 23:31:04 UTC 
Created attachment 29910 [details]
Snapshot of the problem
Comment 2 Oswald Buddenhagen 2009-01-05 11:51:06 UTC 
that's usually the effect of downloading themes for kdm3 (which officially had no theming support at all) instead of for kdm4. so the bug is not in kde itself, but in kde-look.org missing a separate category for kdm3 themes.
Comment 3 Oswald Buddenhagen 2009-01-05 21:14:26 UTC 
ok, we have now a new kde-look category and kde 4.2 will use it. so i declare this fixed even if there was no real bug in the first place. :)
Comment 4 Jose Alcalá Correa 2009-01-05 23:31:15 UTC 
Fantastic! But I can see KDM4 themes under KDE3 category. Will you move them to their new category?

Thanks a lot!
Comment 5 Oswald Buddenhagen 2009-01-05 23:37:33 UTC 
the submiters will be asked to do so in a public announcement. let's see what comes out of it ...