Bug 443515

Summary: Can't set wallpaper to image that lives in a sub-folder of ~/Pictures
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: Benjamin Reigner <benjireigner>
Component: kcm_sddmAssignee: David Edmundson <kde>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: minor CC: kde, nate, plasma-bugs-null
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.22.5   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Benjamin Reigner 2021-10-09 16:15:52 UTC 
SUMMARY

So basically when I try to change the picture for the background using the default breeze theme, it only works with a picture that's in /home/<user>/Pictures
<user> being replaced with your username.
If I put a picture in a subfolder of the Picture folder, let's say Backgrounds (because this makes sense), well it won't work and will fall back to the default image associated to the theme.

I'm running KDE plasma 5.22.5 but it isn't available in the version selection.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Create a folder in /home/<user>/Pictures
2. Put pictures in /home/<user>/Pictures and /home/<user>/Pictures/<YourFolder>
3. Reproduce the following steps for each picture
4.1. Apply a picture as the new background
4.2. Lock your session to view the result (Ctrl + Alt + L)

OBSERVED RESULT

When the pictures are in a subfolder of /home/<user>/Pictures it falls back on the default image.

EXPECTED RESULT

It should change to the selected picture

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Archlinux
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.86.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-10-18 03:26:03 UTC 
Does <YourFolder> happen to have any spaces or ampersands or other similar characters in its name, by any chance?
Comment 2 Benjamin Reigner 2021-10-18 09:40:45 UTC 
There isn't any.
The path of this folder is the following /home/breigner01/Pictures/Backgrounds/
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2021-10-18 16:03:18 UTC 
OK, thanks.

Cannot reproduce.
Comment 4 Benjamin Reigner 2021-10-19 09:56:37 UTC 
May I be missing a package maybe?
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2021-10-19 13:40:57 UTC 
It's doubtful.
Comment 6 Benjamin Reigner 2021-10-22 07:35:04 UTC 
When you tried, did you have the same picture in both ~/Pictures and ~/Pictures/AnySubFolder ? because if so it will still display your picture but if you delete it from ~/Pictures and try to apply the one in ~/Pictures/AnySubFolder it won't work.