Bug#286404: nautilus: Default background confusion

[Juergen Kreileder]

Sebastien Bacher <seb128@debian.org> writes:

> Le lundi 20 d=C3=A9cembre 2004 =C3=A0 03:52 +0100, Juergen Kreileder a =
=C3=A9crit :
>
>> system default of /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename
>> instead of the default of
>> /schemas/desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename.
>
> That's weird. Why do you say that nautilus uses the
> /schemas/desktop...  one ? It only use the gconf api which seems to
> work correctly here.

I'm not sure if it uses /schemas but at list "Use Default Background"
doesn't work properly.

Here's how I can reproduce the problem, the bug is in step 3:

1 The administrator has set a default background picture, like
  described in the System Administration Guide:

  % gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml=
.defaults --type string --set /schemas/desktop/gnome/background/picture_fil=
ename "/srv/Desktop Pictures/Aqua Graphite.jpg"

2 % gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml=
.defaults --get /schemas/desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename
  Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a writa=
ble configuration source at position 0
  /srv/Desktop Pictures/Aqua Graphite.jpg


* The user has a different background picture:

  % gconftool-2 --get /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename
  /srv/Desktop Pictures/Aqua Blue.jpg


3 The user selects 'Use Default Background' from the desktop context menu.

  Expected result: Background gets changed to /srv/Desktop
                   Pictures/Aqua Graphite.jpg"
  Actual result: Some green-grayish background

  Interestingly gconf shows the correct entry at this point
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  % gconftool-2 --get /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename
  /srv/Desktop Pictures/Aqua Graphite.jpg

  but the desktop doesn't show it.


4 The user runs gnome-background-properties (e.g. through the 'Change
  Desktop Background' in the desktop context menu").
  gnome-background-properties starts up and the background suddenly
  gets changed to /srv/Desktop Pictures/Aqua Graphite.jpg


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        Juergen

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Juergen Kreileder, Blackdown Java-Linux Team
http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/