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861473: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=861473
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Package: nemo
Version: 3.2.2-3
Severity: minor
Dear Maintainer,
When I start nemo to control my desktop. I have icons, but there is no
wallpaper. Background stays always black.
There is some default background image configured in debian-alternatives, and
most programs respect that.
# update-alternatives --display desktop-background
desktop-background - auto mode
link currently points to
/usr/share/images/desktop-base/lines-wallpaper_1920x1080.svg
/usr/share/images/desktop-base/joy-inksplat-wallpaper_1920x1080.svg -
priority 60
/usr/share/images/desktop-base/joy-wallpaper_1280x1024.svg - priority
60
/usr/share/images/desktop-base/joy-wallpaper_1600x1200.svg - priority
60
/usr/share/images/desktop-base/joy-wallpaper_1920x1080.svg - priority
60
/usr/share/images/desktop-base/joy-wallpaper_1920x1200.svg - priority
60
/usr/share/images/desktop-base/lines-wallpaper_1280x1024.svg -
priority 65
/usr/share/images/desktop-base/lines-wallpaper_1600x1200.svg -
priority 65
/usr/share/images/desktop-base/lines-wallpaper_1920x1080.svg -
priority 70
/usr/share/images/desktop-base/lines-wallpaper_1920x1200.svg -
priority 65
/usr/share/images/desktop-base/lines-wallpaper_2560x1080.svg -
priority 65
/usr/share/images/desktop-base/moreblue-orbit-wallpaper-widescreen.svg
- priority 40
/usr/share/images/desktop-base/moreblue-orbit-wallpaper.svg -
priority 40
/usr/share/images/desktop-base/spacefun-wallpaper-widescreen.svg -
priority 50
/usr/share/images/desktop-base/spacefun-wallpaper.svg - priority 50
Current 'best' version is
'/usr/share/images/desktop-base/lines-wallpaper_1920x1080.svg'.
I would expect nemo to use that settings.
Besides I couldn't find any settings in nemo preferences to change that
desktop background, but it would be problem if it could use one from
update-alternatives.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.11-1-686-pae (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages nemo depends on:
ii desktop-file-utils 0.22-1
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.16.1-1
ii gvfs 1.30.4-1
ii libatk1.0-0 2.16.0-2
ii libc6 2.23-4
ii libcairo-gobject2 1.14.0-2.1
ii libcairo2 1.14.0-2.1
ii libcinnamon-desktop4 2.6.5-1
ii libexempi3 2.4.2-1
ii libexif12 0.6.21-2
ii libgail-3-0 3.22.12-1
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.31.4-2
ii libglib2.0-0 2.50.3-2
ii libglib2.0-data 2.44.1-1.1
ii libgtk-3-0 3.22.12-1
ii libnemo-extension1 3.2.2-3
ii libnotify4 0.7.6-1
ii libpango-1.0-0 1.40.1-1
ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.40.1-1
ii libx11-6 2:1.6.2-1
ii libxml2 2.9.2+dfsg1-1+b1
ii nemo-data 3.2.2-3
ii shared-mime-info 1.3-1
Versions of packages nemo recommends:
ii cinnamon-l10n 2.2.4-1
ii gvfs-backends 1.30.4-1
ii gvfs-fuse 1.30.4-1
ii librsvg2-common 2.40.9-2
ii nemo-fileroller 1.8.0-1
Versions of packages nemo suggests:
pn eog <none>
ii evince [pdf-viewer] 3.16.1-1
ii vlc [mp3-decoder] 1:2.1.4-dmo1
ii vlc-nox [mp3-decoder] 1:2.1.4-dmo1
ii xdg-user-dirs 0.15-1
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--- Begin Message ---
Hi Emil,
thanks for the report, and sorry for the very late reply.
This is not something nemo handles: since 2013 nemo doesn't draw the
desktop background at all, its desktop window is transparent and only
shows the icons. In a Cinnamon session the background is drawn by
Cinnamon, and in Debian its default already is the desktop-base
alternative (cinnamon-core sets org.cinnamon.desktop.background
picture-uri to /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-background). With
other window managers, the background has to be set by the session or by
another tool.
So I'm closing this bug, as there is nothing to change in nemo.
Best regards,
Fabio
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