I set up a wallpaper slideshow (right-click on desktop => default desktop settings => View => wallpaper-slideshow => add folder) and set it to change images every 10 minutes. Then I log out and back in again. My slideshow now longer works and I just get the default wallpapers. Going back to the config shows nothing that I set up remaining. A little bit of digging shows that the configuration is stored in ~/.kde/share/config/plasma-desktop-appletsrc. If I log out of KDE and log into XFCE, then look at this file, it sill contains the correct configuration. [Containments][88][Wallpaper][image] slideTimer=10 slidepaths=/images/tokeep/wallpaper userswallpapers= wallpaper= wallpapercolor=0,0,0 wallpaperposition=0 However, as soon as I log back into KDE, this section of the file no longer contains the correct settings, so presumably **something** is resetting it as I log in. Interestingly (significantly or not I don't know) when I go into the setup panel again after setting up the slideshow, my directory isn't shown where it was listed when I added it. There may be more information I can supply, but I'm not sure where to look, so please feel free to ask for more. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: See details above. Actual Results: No slideshow with new session. Expected Results: Slideshow should persist over sessions.
Are you indeed using KDE Workspace 4.11.11 or 4.11.12? Could be a duplicate of bug 327580, which is fixed in 4.11.12.
(In reply to Christoph Feck from comment #1) > Are you indeed using KDE Workspace 4.11.11 or 4.11.12? Could be a duplicate > of bug 327580, which is fixed in 4.11.12. Hi Christoph, I am on 4.11.11. So you're probably correct. As I'm on Debian Testing, I expect 4.11.12 should arrive fairly soon, so I'll update on the situation then. Thanks.
OK, 4.11.12 now installed. And unfortunately the problem is still with me. Slightly irregular; I set up the slideshow and did a complete reboot - the slideshow was still there. Then I logged out and back in and I'd lost it. A bit of googling about this problem brought up a suggestion that it might be due to new activities being started automatically, but the slideshow being assigned to a **particular** activity. Any new activities **must** be coming into being automatically, as I haven't been creating them (no idea what they're for, to be honest), but looking at successive copies of the config file, it looks to my ignorant eyes as if new activities may well be the cause of the problem. ~/.kde/share/config/plasma-desktop-appletsrc when I first set up a slideshow today: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Containments][88] ActionPluginsSource=Global activity=New Activity activityId=2af6d595-c20a-42b6-8281-c24eb6629d59 desktop=-1 formfactor=0 geometry=0,0,1280,1024 immutability=1 lastDesktop=-1 lastScreen=0 location=0 plugin=desktop screen=-1 wallpaperplugin=image wallpaperpluginmode=Slideshow zvalue=0 [Containments][88][ToolBox] corner=4 offset=81 [Containments][88][Wallpaper][image] slideTimer=600 slidepaths=/images/tokeep/wallpaper userswallpapers= wallpaper= wallpapercolor=0,0,0 wallpaperposition=0 [Containments][89] ActionPluginsSource=Global activity=New Activity activityId=fc1449ca-6e40-48f3-84be-d787d588787b desktop=-1 formfactor=0 geometry=1286,0,1280,1024 immutability=1 lastDesktop=-1 lastScreen=0 location=0 plugin=desktop screen=-1 wallpaperplugin=image wallpaperpluginmode=Slideshow zvalue=0 [Containments][89][Wallpaper][image] slideTimer=310 slidepaths=/images/tokeep/wallpaper userswallpapers= wallpaper= wallpapercolor=0,0,0 wallpaperposition=0 [Containments][90] ActionPluginsSource=Global activity=New Activity activityId=9bfbd829-81d6-4f7f-b572-eb9ecb5634a4 desktop=-1 formfactor=0 geometry=0,1180,1280,1024 immutability=1 lastDesktop=-1 lastScreen=0 location=0 plugin=desktop screen=-1 wallpaperplugin=image wallpaperpluginmode=Slideshow zvalue=0 [Containments][90][Wallpaper][image] slideTimer=310 slidepaths=/images/tokeep/wallpaper userswallpapers= wallpaper= wallpapercolor=0,0,0 wallpaperposition=0 [Containments][91] ActionPluginsSource=Global activity=New Activity activityId=924a1548-ce39-41d0-b18e-4c211b79e91b desktop=-1 formfactor=0 geometry=1286,1180,1280,1024 immutability=1 lastDesktop=-1 lastScreen=0 location=0 plugin=desktop screen=-1 wallpaperplugin=image wallpaperpluginmode=Slideshow zvalue=0 [Containments][91][Wallpaper][image] slideTimer=610 slidepaths=/images/tokeep/wallpaper userswallpapers= wallpaper= wallpapercolor=0,0,0 wallpaperposition=0 [Containments][92] ActionPluginsSource=Global activity=New Activity activityId=cfefb845-1808-4e07-b4b3-3f24f3eef45d desktop=-1 formfactor=0 geometry=0,2360,1280,1024 immutability=1 lastDesktop=-1 lastScreen=0 location=0 plugin=desktop screen=-1 wallpaperplugin=image wallpaperpluginmode=Slideshow zvalue=0 [Containments][92][Wallpaper][image] slideTimer=610 slidepaths=/images/tokeep/wallpaper userswallpapers= wallpaper= wallpapercolor=0,0,0 wallpaperposition=0 [Containments][93] ActionPluginsSource=Global activity=New Activity activityId=4ce263f7-1936-4e88-9377-ea3afeec70b2 desktop=-1 formfactor=0 geometry=1286,2360,1280,1024 immutability=1 lastDesktop=-1 lastScreen=0 location=0 plugin=desktop screen=0 wallpaperplugin=image wallpaperpluginmode=Slideshow zvalue=0 [Containments][93][Wallpaper][image] slideTimer=610 slidepaths=/images/tokeep/wallpaper userswallpapers= wallpaper= wallpapercolor=0,0,0 wallpaperposition=0 [General] immutability=2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contents of the same file having logged out and having had to configure the slideshow again: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Containments][88] ActionPluginsSource=Global activity=New Activity activityId=2af6d595-c20a-42b6-8281-c24eb6629d59 desktop=-1 formfactor=0 geometry=0,0,1280,1024 immutability=1 lastDesktop=-1 lastScreen=0 location=0 plugin=desktop screen=-1 wallpaperplugin=image wallpaperpluginmode=Slideshow zvalue=0 [Containments][88][ToolBox] corner=4 offset=81 [Containments][88][Wallpaper][image] slideTimer=600 slidepaths=/images/tokeep/wallpaper userswallpapers= wallpaper= wallpapercolor=0,0,0 wallpaperposition=0 [Containments][89] ActionPluginsSource=Global activity=New Activity activityId=fc1449ca-6e40-48f3-84be-d787d588787b desktop=-1 formfactor=0 geometry=1286,0,1280,1024 immutability=1 lastDesktop=-1 lastScreen=0 location=0 plugin=desktop screen=-1 wallpaperplugin=image wallpaperpluginmode=Slideshow zvalue=0 [Containments][89][Wallpaper][image] slideTimer=310 slidepaths=/images/tokeep/wallpaper userswallpapers= wallpaper= wallpapercolor=0,0,0 wallpaperposition=0 [Containments][90] ActionPluginsSource=Global activity=New Activity activityId=9bfbd829-81d6-4f7f-b572-eb9ecb5634a4 desktop=-1 formfactor=0 geometry=0,1180,1280,1024 immutability=1 lastDesktop=-1 lastScreen=0 location=0 plugin=desktop screen=-1 wallpaperplugin=image wallpaperpluginmode=Slideshow zvalue=0 [Containments][90][Wallpaper][image] slideTimer=310 slidepaths=/images/tokeep/wallpaper userswallpapers= wallpaper= wallpapercolor=0,0,0 wallpaperposition=0 [Containments][91] ActionPluginsSource=Global activity=New Activity activityId=924a1548-ce39-41d0-b18e-4c211b79e91b desktop=-1 formfactor=0 geometry=1286,1180,1280,1024 immutability=1 lastDesktop=-1 lastScreen=0 location=0 plugin=desktop screen=-1 wallpaperplugin=image wallpaperpluginmode=Slideshow zvalue=0 [Containments][91][Wallpaper][image] slideTimer=610 slidepaths=/images/tokeep/wallpaper userswallpapers= wallpaper= wallpapercolor=0,0,0 wallpaperposition=0 [Containments][92] ActionPluginsSource=Global activity=New Activity activityId=cfefb845-1808-4e07-b4b3-3f24f3eef45d desktop=-1 formfactor=0 geometry=0,2360,1280,1024 immutability=1 lastDesktop=-1 lastScreen=0 location=0 plugin=desktop screen=-1 wallpaperplugin=image wallpaperpluginmode=Slideshow zvalue=0 [Containments][92][Wallpaper][image] slideTimer=610 slidepaths=/images/tokeep/wallpaper userswallpapers= wallpaper= wallpapercolor=0,0,0 wallpaperposition=0 [Containments][93] ActionPluginsSource=Global activity=New Activity activityId=4ce263f7-1936-4e88-9377-ea3afeec70b2 desktop=-1 formfactor=0 geometry=1286,2360,1280,1024 immutability=1 lastDesktop=-1 lastScreen=0 location=0 plugin=desktop screen=-1 wallpaperplugin=image wallpaperpluginmode=Slideshow zvalue=0 [Containments][93][Wallpaper][image] slideTimer=610 slidepaths=/images/tokeep/wallpaper userswallpapers= wallpaper= wallpapercolor=0,0,0 wallpaperposition=0 [Containments][94] ActionPluginsSource=Global activity=New Activity activityId=af60465f-7ef9-47e2-a047-e62b7c1539dd desktop=-1 formfactor=0 geometry=0,3540,1280,1024 immutability=1 lastDesktop=-1 lastScreen=0 location=0 plugin=desktop screen=0 wallpaperplugin=image wallpaperpluginmode=Slideshow zvalue=0 [Containments][94][Wallpaper][image] slideTimer=610 slidepaths=/images/tokeep/wallpaper userswallpapers= wallpaper= wallpapercolor=0,0,0 wallpaperposition=0 [General] immutability=2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So containments 94 seems to have been created with the new slideshow I configured most recently. Each of the containments sections has a different activityId, which seems to point at the suggestion about new activities being in the right direction. So it could be that my problem is due to new activities being created and not inheriting the previous slideshow setup rather than a bug in the wallpaper code itself. To reiterate, I'm **not** creating new activities deliberately. This is a completely new KDE installation, with no KDE code having been on my computer before September 25th, so old config files hanging around shouldn't be involved in causing this.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 321781 ***