Bug 515249

Summary:	Configured login screen wallpaper fails to show if no permissions on selected image.
Product:	[Plasma] plasma-login-manager	Reporter:	martyn_kde
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde, olib141
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	CachyOS
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description martyn_kde 2026-01-29 10:10:49 UTC

SUMMARY
Configured login screen wallpaper fails to show if no permissions on selected image.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. In System Settings go to "Login Screen", and then "Configure Appearance..."
2. Select wallpaper type of image, and select "Add..."
3. Pick an image from somewhere in your home folder

OBSERVED RESULT
If logout, configured image is not displayed.

EXPECTED RESULT
If logout, configured image should be displayed.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: CachyOS Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.22.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.18.7-2-cachyos (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 6800H with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (14.8 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
If copy file to /usr/share/wallpapers/some_folder then image sticks as expected.

A minor thing, but it'd be nice if it worked better. Not sure what the usual approach is, but suspect it is probably to automatically copy it to a shared location or something? Another option could be to change the permissions on the file, but I'd suggest some might not want that.