Ubuntu
kgrubeditor package

  1. Bug #263827
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 263827

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Connor Kirwan (goatsocks-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Fetching and installing splash images using the add-on installer doesn't work correctly:

1. Go to Options -> Background
2. Click "Get New..."
3. Select a splash image from the KDE-Look.org source; click "Install" then "Close"
4. Click open the splash image combo box; the downloaded image isn't listed, and "No Splash Image" remains the only entry

The downloaded image is stored as /tmp/kde-your_username/foo, where "foo" is a randomly generated 10-digit alphanumeric filename with no extensions. `file` shows these files are the same type as GRUB splash images (gzipped XPMs):

$ cd /tmp/kde-goatsocks
$ ls
4Pn9seZnxz 99UWyhRoKh

$ file 4Pn9seZnxz 99UWyhRoKh
4Pn9seZnxz: gzip compressed data, was "watch.xpm", from Unix, last modified: Mon Jul 28 19:39:48 2008, max compression
99UWyhRoKh: gzip compressed data, was "Train.xpm", from Unix, last modified: Mon Jul 7 00:35:13 2008, max compression

As a workaround you can force KGrubEditor to recognize the images:

1. Rename the downloaded files to their original names (i.e. "watch.xpm.gz", "Train.xpm.gz") but keep them in the /tmp/kde-your_username directory
2. Close System Settings (or the standalone KGrubEditor) then re-launch it and go back to the Background tab
3. Click open the splash image combo box; the downloaded images should now be visible and selectable