Bug 23859 – Backdrop settings in xfdesktop module for XFCE4 exhibits strange behaviour after creating a list of backdrops.

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Rob Bean 2003-07-02 03:10:40 UTC]

In the XFCE4 backdrop settings, if a list of backdrops is created, the default
font changes and all GTK settings seem to revert to defaults.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Left-click on the desktop.
2. Select Settings/Backdrop.
3. Click New List and select a few image files.
4. Click Save.

Actual Results:  
My default font switched to a small bitmap font and all GTK apps now shared the
same setting.

Expected Results:  
Randomly loaded one of those backdrops to my root window.

[Comment 1 Rob Bean 2003-07-02 03:14:13 UTC]

Created attachment 14103 [details, diff]
A patch to correct the backdrop settings list behaviour in xfdesktop.

This patch is courtesy of Jasper Huijsmans of the XFCE4-Users list.

[Comment 2 Rob Bean 2003-07-02 03:16:35 UTC]

Created attachment 14104 [details]
This is the modified xfdesktop-3.91.0.ebuild script to include the xfdesktop-list.patch.

This is just a modification of the original xfdesktop-3.91.0.ebuild to unpack
the source and apply the patch.

After emerging with this ebuild, the backdrop list functionality is working.

[Comment 3 Brad Cowan (RETIRED) 2003-07-24 20:24:36 UTC]

this should have been fixed in RC2