Background change.

[oldator60]

I haven't used KDE in over 10 years. Just installed Maui yesterday, and was trying to change the background. Went to settings, selected an image, hit apply, and nothing happened. Is there something I'm missing? Here are my specs:

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deadeye@deadeye-MS-7693:~$ inxi -F
System: Host: deadeye-MS-7693 Kernel: 4.4.0-34-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.7.3
Distro: Ubuntu 1 xenial
Machine: Mobo: MSI model: 970A-G46 (MS-7693) v: 2.0 Bios: American Megatrends v: V2.6 date: 10/08/2013
CPU: Octa core AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core (-MCP-) cache: 16384 KB
clock speeds: max: 4000 MHz 1: 1400 MHz 2: 1400 MHz 3: 1400 MHz 4: 1400 MHz 5: 2100 MHz 6: 1400 MHz
7: 1400 MHz 8: 2100 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GF108 [GeForce GT 630]
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.3 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1360x768@60.02hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NVC1 GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0
Audio: Card-1 NVIDIA GF108 High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.0-34-generic
Network: Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169
IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 44:8a:5b:2f:9c:ba
Drives: HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (4.6% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: Samsung_SSD_850 size: 500.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 100G used: 6.5G (7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda7
ID-2: swap-1 size: 17.12GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda6
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 18.6C mobo: N/A gpu: 42.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 211 Uptime: 17 min Memory: 683.6/15997.4MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.35
deadeye@deadeye-MS-7693:~$

[deck]

If you want to change desktop background, right click on the desktop and go to Folder View Settings (or use Alt+D+S) . There you can pick one of the Maui wallpapers, or use Open button to add your own.

For the login screen background, go to System Settings - Startup and Shutdown - Login Screen (SDDM).
Active theme is BreezeNew. Under Background (bottom right screen area), click on the green icon and Load from file. Choose a picture and hit Apply.

[starbuck]

Hi, so you right-clicked on the Desktop, chose Folderview Settings, clicked on a wallpaper and hit the "Apply" Button and nothing changed? So youre stuck with the default one? Can you download new wallpapers via Get New Wallpapers and Apply them (they ate stored locally in your home instead of systemside)?

[oldator60]

Thanks guys, got it. KDE isn't what it used to be. Found my network printer and got it set up, no problem. I think I'm going to like this.

[spacepenguin]

You can also use the slideshow feature to set a new wallpaper from dolphin or gwenview with a rightclick on the wallpaper file.

All you have to do is to create a folder for you wallpaper, e.g. ~/mywallpaper, set the wallpaper mode to slideshow, set the slideshow to a very short time (e.g. 10 seconds) and choose this folder as input. Then you can create a kmenu entry "Set as wallpaper" with the command

Code:

rm -f $HOME/mywallpaper/* && cp %f $HOME/mywallpaper

. You never should call this directly from the menu as it would erase your wallpaper without creating a new one, but you can use it from dolphin and gwenview via "open with".