Bug 461203 - after update, cannot install images from hard drive as desktop wallpaper static or slideshow
Summary: after update, cannot install images from hard drive as desktop wallpaper stat...
Status: RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Plasma Workspace Wallpapers
Classification: Unmaintained
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 5.25.5
Platform: Debian testing Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2022-10-30 11:58 UTC by grglsn765
Modified: 2023-06-09 19:11 UTC (History)
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Description grglsn765 2022-10-30 11:58:21 UTC 
SUMMARY
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Right click on the desktop, select "Configure Desktop and Wallpaper"
2. In "Wallpaper type:" select either Slideshow or Image. Make sure a folder with pictures is in the Folders block for the slideshow
3. Hit OK or Apply

OBSERVED RESULT
For slideshow, the screen becomes a black background. Menus and panels are all intact, but there is no image background.

EXPECTED RESULT
One of the pictures selected from the pc's hard drive will become the background wallpaper.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
$ cat /etc/os-release 
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_CODENAME=bookworm
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"
$ plasmashell -v
plasmashell 5.25.5
$ uname -r
6.0.0-2-amd64
$ dpkg-query -s kde-plasma-desktop
Package: kde-plasma-desktop
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: metapackages
Installed-Size: 23
Maintainer: Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers <debian-qt-kde@lists.debian.org>
Architecture: amd64
Source: meta-kde
Version: 5:129
Depends: kde-baseapps (>= 4:21.08.0), plasma-desktop (>= 4:5.25.5), plasma-workspace (>= 4:5.25.5), udisks2, upower
Recommends: kwin-x11 (>= 4:5.25.5), sddm (>= 0.11), xserver-xorg
Suggests: kdeconnect

qt version: 5.98.0-1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
See Debian user forum post here for more information:
https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=153197
Comment 1 grglsn765 2022-10-30 12:10:07 UTC 
After running a 2nd system update, the problem resolved itself and wallpaper images have returned. So the problem is resolved now.