Bug 87814 - wallpaper on virtual desktops not accepted/updated
Summary: wallpaper on virtual desktops not accepted/updated
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 12620
Alias: None
Product: kdesktop
Classification: Unmaintained
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Faure
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Reported: 2004-08-23 06:40 UTC by Winfried Rohr
Modified: 2009-01-02 20:28 UTC (History)
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Description Winfried Rohr 2004-08-23 06:40:37 UTC
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.3.0)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

Tried to use different wallpapers for virtual desktops
Preview shows choosen one, but ACCEPT or OK button doesn't update the wallpaper on the screen.
Reported also on other versions of SuSE's rpms (9.0 and 9.1)
Comment 1 Winfried Rohr 2004-08-23 06:57:34 UTC
applied changes through desktop context menu.
Using control center (afterwards) recognises the changed settings (in preview window), but doesn't reflect a change either
Comment 2 Lubos Lunak 2004-08-23 15:16:59 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 12620 ***
Comment 3 munlinux 2008-05-21 21:40:19 UTC
For what it's worth, and for anyone still using KDE 3 & stumbling on the same problem:

- I think this was wrongly marked as a duplicate. (Bug 12620 has AFAICT nothing to do with wallpapers.)

- I have been experiencing this same bug with KDE 3.5.5, exactly as described by the original submitter, and have diagnosed a probable mechanism causing this.

Lubos Lunak: Can you unmark this as a duplicate, and (possibly) "un-resolve" this, if it's not too much trouble? I know KDE 3 is old hat now that KDE 4 is out, but this bug might never actually have been resolved. (I will try to remember to report back when I get a chance to test if this still happens with KDE 3.5.9.)

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The apparent cause:
- When changing the wallpaper, ~/.kde/share/config/kdesktoprc is updated for e.g. the section [Desktop1], but for some reason there is also a section [Desktop1Screen0], which is NOT updated. This section is the one that actually defines what gets used, and only manually editing the file brings out the required changes.

I am currently using an xorg.conf with only 1 screen set up, but I was testing a dual-screen setup earlier, and suspect that this bug may have appeared after this.
Comment 4 FiNeX 2009-01-02 20:28:55 UTC
Bug closed. Kdesktop is no more mantained.