SUMMARY Hi. It's been bugging me for some time now and I thought someone would report it quickly but that has not been the case ^_^; I have a folder, ~/Images/Backgrounds/slideshow, that's filled with images from previous KDE/Plasma versions default backgrounds and some. They are ALL symlinks to real images but strangely, only some of them show up in the desktop background configuration window. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Collect old KDE/Plasma "Next" backgrounds from Debian in separate directories (since all of them are named "Next") and some from Kali linux 2. Create a directory for desktop background slideshow 3. Create symlinks to original "Next" images (with meaningful names) in the slideshow directory 4. Use that directory in the desktop background configuration window OBSERVED RESULT All 3 background images from kali linux are displayed, only 3 from KDE/Plasma are shown. EXPECTED RESULT All files/thumbnails should be displayed and available as selection for background slideshow. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 12 KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.9 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.107.0 Qt Version: 5.15.10 Kernel Version: 6.5.0-5-amd64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i7-7567U CPU @ 3.50GHz Memory: 31.2 Gio of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 650 Manufacturer: Intel Corporation Product Name: NUC7i7BNH System Version: J31153-308 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION My directories hierarchy (note: "diaporama" is french for "slideshow") : ```bash $ tree -d . ├── Breeze │ ├── Next-v5.0.0 │ │ └── contents │ │ └── images │ ├── Next-v5.1.0 │ │ └── contents │ │ └── images │ ├── Next-v5.10.0 │ │ └── contents │ │ └── images │ ├── Next-v5.11.0 │ │ └── contents │ │ └── images │ ├── Next-v5.12.0 │ │ └── contents │ │ └── images │ ├── Next-v5.13.0 │ │ └── contents │ │ └── images │ ├── Next-v5.14.0 │ │ └── contents │ │ └── images │ ├── Next-v5.15.0 │ │ └── contents │ │ └── images │ ├── Next-v5.2.0 │ │ └── contents │ │ └── images │ ├── Next-v5.22 │ │ └── contents │ │ └── images │ ├── Next-v5.24 │ ├── Next-v5.26 │ ├── Next-v5.3.0 │ │ └── contents │ │ └── images │ ├── Next-v5.4.0 │ │ └── contents │ │ └── images │ ├── Next-v5.5.0 │ │ └── contents │ │ └── images │ ├── Next-v5.6.0 │ │ └── contents │ │ └── images │ ├── Next-v5.7.0 │ │ └── contents │ │ └── images │ ├── Next-v5.8.0 │ │ └── contents │ │ └── images │ └── Next-v5.9.0 │ └── contents │ └── images ├── diaporama └── Kali ``` Slideshow directory contents : ```bash $ ls -l total 8,0K lrwxrwxrwx 1 thomas thomas 21 3 mars 2019 kali-3840x2160.png -> ../Kali/3840x2160.png lrwxrwxrwx 1 thomas thomas 28 9 juin 2023 kali-cubism-16x9.jpg -> ../Kali/kali-cubism-16x9.jpg lrwxrwxrwx 1 thomas thomas 51 1 juin 2022 kali-layers-16x9.png -> /home/thomas/Images/Fonds/Kali/kali-layers-16x9.png lrwxrwxrwx 1 thomas thomas 52 3 mars 2019 Next-v5.10.0-3840x2160.png -> ../Breeze/Next-v5.10.0/contents/images/3840x2160.png lrwxrwxrwx 1 thomas thomas 52 3 mars 2019 Next-v5.12.0-3840x2160.png -> ../Breeze/Next-v5.12.0/contents/images/3840x2160.png lrwxrwxrwx 1 thomas thomas 52 3 mars 2019 Next-v5.13.0-3840x2160.png -> ../Breeze/Next-v5.13.0/contents/images/3840x2160.png lrwxrwxrwx 1 thomas thomas 51 3 mars 2019 Next-v5.2.0-2560x1440.png -> ../Breeze/Next-v5.2.0/contents/images/2560x1440.png lrwxrwxrwx 1 thomas thomas 73 29 déc. 2021 Next-v5.22-3840x2160.png -> /home/thomas/Images/Fonds/Breeze/Next-v5.22/contents/images/3840x2160.png lrwxrwxrwx 1 thomas thomas 57 12 janv. 2022 Next-v5.24-3840x2160.jpg -> /home/thomas/Images/Fonds/Breeze/Next-v5.24/3840x2160.jpg lrwxrwxrwx 1 thomas thomas 62 29 oct. 2022 Next-v5.26-3840x2160-dark.png -> /home/thomas/Images/Fonds/Breeze/Next-v5.26/3840x2160-dark.png lrwxrwxrwx 1 thomas thomas 57 29 oct. 2022 Next-v5.26-3840x2160.png -> /home/thomas/Images/Fonds/Breeze/Next-v5.26/3840x2160.png lrwxrwxrwx 1 thomas thomas 51 3 mars 2019 Next-v5.3.0-2560x1440.png -> ../Breeze/Next-v5.3.0/contents/images/2560x1440.png lrwxrwxrwx 1 thomas thomas 51 3 mars 2019 Next-v5.4.0-2560x1440.png -> ../Breeze/Next-v5.4.0/contents/images/2560x1440.png lrwxrwxrwx 1 thomas thomas 51 3 mars 2019 Next-v5.6.0-2560x1440.png -> ../Breeze/Next-v5.6.0/contents/images/2560x1440.png lrwxrwxrwx 1 thomas thomas 51 3 mars 2019 Next-v5.7.0-2560x1440.png -> ../Breeze/Next-v5.7.0/contents/images/2560x1440.png lrwxrwxrwx 1 thomas thomas 51 3 mars 2019 Next-v5.8.0-3840x2160.png -> ../Breeze/Next-v5.8.0/contents/images/3840x2160.png lrwxrwxrwx 1 thomas thomas 51 3 mars 2019 Next-v5.9.0-3840x2160.png -> ../Breeze/Next-v5.9.0/contents/images/3840x2160.png ``` Displayed in desktop background slideshow configuration : - all 3 kali backgrounds - Breeze/Next-v5.24/3840x2160.png - Breeze/Next-v5.26/3840x2160-dark.png - Breeze/Next-v5.26/3840x2160.png
Hmm, we've seen and fixed this several times before.
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1) > Hmm, we've seen and fixed this several times before. Is it reintroduced afterward ? Wrong merge conflict resolution ? Missing comment telling not to change back to suboptimal behavior ;) ? As I said in the description, I waited a _long_ time before creating the BR because I thought someone would report it before me... As I haven't seen any fix I resolved myself to do it. Note that I'm using Debian Testing, so even if it's not the latest of KDE libraries and softwares, it's still not an obsolete one.