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
Does <YourFolder> happen to have any spaces or ampersands or other similar characters in its name, by any chance?
There isn't any. The path of this folder is the following /home/breigner01/Pictures/Backgrounds/
OK, thanks. Cannot reproduce.
May I be missing a package maybe?
It's doubtful.
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.