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evildrake

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Registered: 2009-07-14

Posts: 14

[SOLVED] Help required, unable to set a wallpaper.

Good day, first of all.
Tough new to Arch, i have /some/ experience with gnu/linux, and this is beyond me. I am running arch x86_64 with gnome, loving it. But if i choose an image as a wallpaper i get nothing but the color. Not even the gnome basic images would work, just the colors. Been around looking for a solution for about 3 hours, i appeal to your kindness.

Any ideas?

thanks in advance.

Last edited by evildrake (2009-07-24 16:37:02)

orphius1970

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From: Modesto (HELL) California

Registered: 2009-02-27

Posts: 151

Re: [SOLVED] Help required, unable to set a wallpaper.

evildrake,
I am having the same problem in kde4, just started after recent update as of today.
May be they are related. Did you just update?

edit:
I found that it was the gtk2 update that has somehow messed things up i believe.
Some message about libjpeg error

edit:
here is the list of updates, one of them broke my desktop:
extra/akonadi version 1.1.2 release 1 -> 2
extra/gegl version 0.0.22 release 1 -> 2
extra/ghostscript version 8.64 release 5 -> 6
extra/gimp version 2.6.6 release 1 -> 2
extra/imlib2 version 1.4.2 release 2 -> 3
extra/jasper version 1.900.1 release 2 -> 3
extra/lcms version 1.18 release 1 -> 2
extra/libdjvu version 3.5.22 release 1 -> 2
extra/libgphoto2 version 2.4.6 release 1 -> 2
extra/libmng version 1.0.10 release 1 -> 2
extra/libtiff version 3.8.2 release 4 -> 5
extra/libwmf version 0.2.8.4 release 4 -> 5
extra/poppler version 0.10.7 release 1 -> 2
extra/sane version 1.0.20 release 2 -> 3
extra/xulrunner version 1.9.1 release 1 -> 2

==> Software upgrade (new version) :
core/sudo 1.7.1-2 -> 1.7.2-1
extra/boost 1.37.0-1 -> 1.39.0-1
extra/gtk2 2.16.2-1 -> 2.16.4-1
extra/imagemagick 6.5.3.2-1 -> 6.5.3.10-1
extra/libcups 1.3.10-2 -> 1.3.11-1
extra/libjpeg 6b-6 -> 7-1
extra/mplayer 29318-1 -> 29411-3

Fortunately, I used clonezilla to back it up first
Maybe one of these will match something that updated on yours

Last edited by orphius1970 (2009-07-14 12:40:13)

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evildrake

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Registered: 2009-07-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Help required, unable to set a wallpaper.

Well, i just installed gtk (was on xfce) so i really can't tell. I downgraded every package in your list ... still having the issue.

But is something on that area... still no cigar, but hey, thanks.

Any further ideas?

orphius1970

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From: Modesto (HELL) California

Registered: 2009-02-27

Posts: 151

Re: [SOLVED] Help required, unable to set a wallpaper.

No problem.
I just figured out that on my ystem it is DEFENITELY libjpeg that is causing the problems. Sorry I can't help with yours

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mango123

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From: Moscow, RU

Registered: 2009-01-24

Posts: 19

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Re: [SOLVED] Help required, unable to set a wallpaper.

libjpeg broken.
Convert your JPEG wallpapers to PNG and temporary Enjoy ;-)

Wait for fixed this problem.

evildrake

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Registered: 2009-07-14

Posts: 14

Re: [SOLVED] Help required, unable to set a wallpaper.

I see now this is a libjpeg issue, still, no png or any image format will show up as my wallpaper. Today all that packages updated, but the issue persists.

Anda

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Registered: 2009-07-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Help required, unable to set a wallpaper.

I fixed it by using this command

ln -s /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.7.0.0 /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62

from this thread

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=75991

As a temporary solution I think it's okay. But I guess you might want to revoke it, when it gets fixed.

Anda

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Registered: 2009-07-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Help required, unable to set a wallpaper.

I fixed it by using this command

ln -s /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.7.0.0 /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62

from this thread

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=75991

As a temporary solution I think it's okay. But I guess you might want to revoke it, when it gets fixed.

I've been informed that it is not advised to symlink libraries. Please ignore this.

evildrake

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Registered: 2009-07-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Help required, unable to set a wallpaper.

yep. i already knew that, since i am watching that thread. Atm i am thinking about switching to i386 for other reasons... but i do not want to reinstall arch if i will still get this bug. is minimal yet very very annnoying.

Anda

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Registered: 2009-07-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Help required, unable to set a wallpaper.

They're working on it > http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/15222

Actually my problem was fixed in Xfce when I upgraded thunar (and some others).
Don't know which package(s) in Gnome that needs rebuilding.

windtalker

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Registered: 2008-03-17

Posts: 220

Re: [SOLVED] Help required, unable to set a wallpaper.

I'm running i386, Gnome, nvidia and updated yesterday.
No probs with my wallpaper or anything else jpeg related so far.
Had to add the line:

Option         "TripleBuffer" "True"

to my xorg.conf to make 3d play a bit nicer is all.

evildrake

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Registered: 2009-07-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Help required, unable to set a wallpaper.

Mmm this afternoon i will reinstall, with i386. So this thread is not solved, but i'll write here if the problem persists. The price of a rolling release, heh?

Anda

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Re: [SOLVED] Help required, unable to set a wallpaper.

Mmm this afternoon i will reinstall, with i386. So this thread is not solved, but i'll write here if the problem persists. The price of a rolling release, heh?

Just to let you know I'm on an i386 system and had some problems with libjpeg. I think some mirrors are not sync'ed properly yet.

Last edited by Anda (2009-07-15 16:01:07)

evildrake

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Registered: 2009-07-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Help required, unable to set a wallpaper.

I understand that. Actually most mirrors i tried seemed to be out of sync. a couple in germany and australia. brazil ftp's, tough, seemed well sync'ed. In any case, you can always turn to the throttled "official" mirror.
Thanks for the help guys.

Anda

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Re: [SOLVED] Help required, unable to set a wallpaper.

In any case, you can always turn to the throttled "official" mirror.

I actually did that to get my system working

evildrake

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Registered: 2009-07-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Help required, unable to set a wallpaper.

sorry for the delay, The problem solved tough still a few apps need recompilation against the updated libjpeg. Thank you all very much.