Changing the default dekstop settings to a slideshow-background allows adding custom folders. But KDE 4.11.2 seems to not store those settings. It forgets any setting, except that 'slideshow' was choosen. Reproducible: Always Actual Results: No settings saved. Expected Results: Settings saved. draget@fuckup ~ $ qdbus org.kde.kwin /KWin supportInformation KWin Support Information: The following information should be used when requesting support on e.g. http://forum.kde.org. It provides information about the currently running instance, which options are used, what OpenGL driver and which effects are running. Please post the information provided underneath this introductory text to a paste bin service like http://paste.kde.org instead of pasting into support threads. ========================== Version ======= KWin version: 4.11.2 KDE SC version (runtime): 4.11.2 KDE SC version (compile): 4.11.2 Qt Version: 4.8.4 Options ======= focusPolicy: 0 nextFocusPrefersMouse: true clickRaise: true autoRaise: false autoRaiseInterval: 0 delayFocusInterval: 0 shadeHover: false shadeHoverInterval: 250 separateScreenFocus: false placement: 4 focusPolicyIsReasonable: true borderSnapZone: 10 windowSnapZone: 10 centerSnapZone: 0 snapOnlyWhenOverlapping: false showDesktopIsMinimizeAll: false rollOverDesktops: true focusStealingPreventionLevel: 1 legacyFullscreenSupport: false operationTitlebarDblClick: commandActiveTitlebar1: 0 commandActiveTitlebar2: 30 commandActiveTitlebar3: 2 commandInactiveTitlebar1: 4 commandInactiveTitlebar2: 30 commandInactiveTitlebar3: 2 commandWindow1: 7 commandWindow2: 8 commandWindow3: 8 commandWindowWheel: 31 commandAll1: 10 commandAll2: 3 commandAll3: 14 keyCmdAllModKey: 16777251 showGeometryTip: false condensedTitle: false electricBorderMaximize: true electricBorderTiling: true electricBorderCornerRatio: 0.25 borderlessMaximizedWindows: false killPingTimeout: 5000 hideUtilityWindowsForInactive: true inactiveTabsSkipTaskbar: false autogroupSimilarWindows: false autogroupInForeground: true compositingMode: 1 useCompositing: true compositingInitialized: true hiddenPreviews: 1 unredirectFullscreen: false glSmoothScale: 2 colorCorrected: false xrenderSmoothScale: false maxFpsInterval: 16666666 refreshRate: 0 vBlankTime: 6000000 glDirect: true glStrictBinding: false glStrictBindingFollowsDriver: true glLegacy: false glCoreProfile: true glPreferBufferSwap: 0 Screen Edges ============ desktopSwitching: false desktopSwitchingMovingClients: false cursorPushBackDistance: timeThreshold: 150 reActivateThreshold: 350 actionTopLeft: 0 actionTop: 0 actionTopRight: 0 actionRight: 0 actionBottomRight: 0 actionBottom: 0 actionBottomLeft: 0 actionLeft: 0 Screens ======= Multi-Head: no Active screen follows mouse: yes Number of Screens: 2 Screen 0 Geometry: 0,0,1920x1200 Screen 1 Geometry: 1920,0,1920x1200 Decoration ========== Current Plugin: kwin3_oxygen Shadows: yes Alpha: yes Announces Alpha: yes Tabbing: yes Frame Overlap: no Blur Behind: no Compositing =========== Qt Graphics System: raster Compositing is active Compositing Type: OpenGL OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 9600 GT/PCIe/SSE2 OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 325.15 OpenGL shading language version string: 3.30 NVIDIA via Cg compiler Driver: NVIDIA Driver version: 325.15 GPU class: G80/G90 OpenGL version: 3.3 GLSL version: 3.30 X server version: 1.14.3 Linux kernel version: 3.11.4 Direct rendering: yes Requires strict binding: no GLSL shaders: yes Texture NPOT support: yes Virtual Machine: no OpenGL 2 Shaders are used Painting blocks for vertical retrace: yes Loaded Effects: --------------- kwin4_effect_zoom kwin4_effect_dimscreen kwin4_effect_slidingpopups kwin4_effect_login kwin4_effect_minimizeanimation kwin4_effect_screenshot kwin4_effect_slide kwin4_effect_desktopgrid kwin4_effect_translucency kwin4_effect_maximize kwin4_effect_fade kwin4_effect_highlightwindow kwin4_effect_taskbarthumbnail kwin4_effect_dialogparent kwin4_effect_presentwindows kwin4_effect_blur kwin4_effect_logout kwin4_effect_dashboard kwin4_effect_screenedge kwin4_effect_startupfeedback kwin4_effect_kscreen Currently Active Effects: ------------------------- kwin4_effect_dialogparent kwin4_effect_blur Effect Settings: ---------------- kwin4_effect_zoom: zoomFactor: 1.2 mousePointer: 0 mouseTracking: 0 enableFocusTracking: false followFocus: true focusDelay: 350 moveFactor: 20 targetZoom: 1 kwin4_effect_dimscreen: kwin4_effect_slidingpopups: fadeInTime: 50 fadeOutTime: 50 kwin4_effect_login: kwin4_effect_minimizeanimation: kwin4_effect_screenshot: kwin4_effect_slide: kwin4_effect_desktopgrid: zoomDuration: 60 border: 10 desktopNameAlignment: 0 layoutMode: 0 customLayoutRows: 2 usePresentWindows: true kwin4_effect_translucency: kwin4_effect_maximize: kwin4_effect_fade: kwin4_effect_highlightwindow: kwin4_effect_taskbarthumbnail: kwin4_effect_dialogparent: kwin4_effect_presentwindows: layoutMode: 0 showCaptions: true showIcons: true doNotCloseWindows: false ignoreMinimized: false accuracy: 20 fillGaps: true fadeDuration: 30 showPanel: false leftButtonWindow: 1 rightButtonWindow: 2 middleButtonWindow: 0 leftButtonDesktop: 2 middleButtonDesktop: 0 rightButtonDesktop: 0 dragToClose: false kwin4_effect_blur: blurRadius: 12 cacheTexture: true kwin4_effect_logout: useBlur: true kwin4_effect_dashboard: brightness: 0.5 saturation: 0.5 blur: false kwin4_effect_screenedge: kwin4_effect_startupfeedback: kwin4_effect_kscreen:
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 327580 ***