Bug#290941: /usr/bin/gnome-background-properties: gnome-background-properties wallpaper chooser doesn't allow .directories

[Jeff Abrahamson]

Package: capplets
Version: 1:2.8.1-3
Severity: normal
File: /usr/bin/gnome-background-properties


Use gnome-background-properties to (try to) choose a wallpaper pattern in ~/.gnome2/.
But the file selection dialog apparently filters out files beginning with dot.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages capplets depends on:
ii  capplets-data            1:2.8.1-3       configuration applets for GNOME 2 
ii  gnome-control-center     1:2.8.1-3       The GNOME Control Center for GNOME
ii  gnome-desktop-data       2.8.1-2         Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
ii  gnome-icon-theme         2.8.0-1         GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-panel              2.8.2-1         Launcher and docking facility for 
ii  gnome-session            2.8.1-4         The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  libart-2.0-2             2.3.16-6        Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libasound2               1.0.7-4         ALSA library
ii  libatk1.0-0              1.8.0-4         The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0            0.2.6-5         Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libbonobo2-0             2.8.0-4         Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0           2.8.0-2         The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                    2.3.2.ds1-20    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libeel2-2                2.8.2-1         Eazel Extensions Library (for GNOM
ii  libesd0                  0.2.35-2        Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libfontconfig1           2.2.3-4         generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6             2.1.7-2.3       FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgail-common           1.8.2-1         GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgail17                1.8.2-1         GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgconf2-4              2.8.1-4         GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11              1.2.0-4         LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0              1:2.4.1-1       Library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0             2.4.8-1         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2       2.8.1-2         Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-keyring0        0.4.0-2         GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0              2.8.0-6         The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0        2.8.0-1         A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0             2.8.0-3         The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0           2.8.3-8         The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnutls11              1.0.16-9        GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii  libgpg-error0            1.0-1           library for common error values an
ii  libgstreamer-plugins0.8- 0.8.6-1         Various GStreamer libraries and li
ii  libgstreamer0.8-0        0.8.7-1         Core GStreamer libraries, plugins,
ii  libgtk2.0-0              2.4.14-2        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62                6b-9            The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libmetacity0             1:2.8.8-1       Common library of lightweight GTK2
ii  libnautilus2-2           2.8.2-2         libraries for nautilus components 
ii  liborbit2                1:2.10.2-1.1    libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0            1.6.0-3         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                 1.7-5           lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System Session Management
ii  libstartup-notification0 0.7-1           library for program launch feedbac
ii  libtasn1-2               0.2.10-3        Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libx11-6                 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6                 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxft2                  2.1.2-6         FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxklavier8             1.03-1          X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxml2                  2.6.11-5        GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2               4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii  libxrender1              0.8.3-7         X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  nautilus                 2.8.2-2         file manager and graphical shell f
ii  xlibs                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii  zlib1g                   1:1.2.2-3       compression library - runtime

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