Version: (using KDE KDE 3.4.3) In https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/kdebase/+bug/62291, Hervé Fache writes: Binary package hint: kdesktop - user adds removable device (USB key) - user selects image from device as desktop background - user removes removable device - user restarts computer -> image is gone Suggestion: keep the desktop image in a local cache: $HOME/.kde/share/config/kdesktop/kdesktop.image seems a good place; the complete original path of the image should still be kept in $HOME/.kde/share/config/kdesktoprc.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 82651 ***
Bug closed. Kdesktop is no more mantained.