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List: kde-devel
Subject: Re: Change default background problem
From: James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date: 2007-12-27 3:44:59
Message-ID: 47731FBB.6050407 () acm ! org
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Sebastian Kuegler wrote:
> Hi Nicolas,
>
> On Wednesday 26 December 2007 22:46:36 Nicolas Lécureuil wrote:
>> i want to change the default user background, so i changed mine and
>> looked what happened. A file plasma-appletsrc have been created with
>> as content :
>>
>> [Containments][1]
>> backgroundmode=0
>> selected=
>> wallpaper=/usr/share/wallpaper/my_wallpaper.png
>> wallpapercolor=227,227,227
>> wallpaperposition=0
>>
>>
>> So i created a file named plasma-appletsrc in /opt/kde4/share/config .
>
> You also need to define a panel containment. Mine looks like this:
>
> [Containments][2]
> formfactor=2
> geometry=0,981,1400,70
> location=4
> locked=false
> plugin=panel
> screen=0
> transform=1,0,0,0,1,0,0,-1056,1
This should work since it is theoretically correct. But considering the
fact that his Panel disappeared, I would still advise against trying to
edit the file by hand.
>
> It's at the bottom of my 1400x1050 screen. You can let plasma create a default
> config file, and then have a look at that.
>
>> I started kde4 with a fresh user, and i have the new background but i
>> do not have the plasma taskbar ( old namely kicker ).
>>
>> There is a pb here with the background or have i forgoten something ?
>
> The easiest way to set a wallpaper is of course right-clicking on the
> background and choosing "Configure Desktop...". (You might need to unlock
> widgets first.) If you don't have that option in your setup, your KDE is
> outdated.
OTOH, you could make a set of the two files that does what you want and
try copying it. This *might* work.
--
JRT
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