Plasma 5 background images

[Rog132]

The sddm has a kcm module to set the background image.



But is not working at here - a bug report: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=344867

As a workaround the background image can be set manually - the sddm themes are at: /usr/share/sddm/themes/.
The default Breeze theme background image is /usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/components/artwork/background.png




A KDE forums topic of the plasma5 splash- https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=289&t=125293 .

At here the only option (at now) is to test the splash:



The plasma 5 splash background can be found from: /usr/share/plasma/look-and-feel/org.kde.breeze.desktop/contents/splash/images/background.png

[vinnywright]

Hummm @hear the custom image is used by SDDM even though it dose not show in the SDDM kcm module.

exept in the little chose background selector box .

VINNY

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#Rog132
Signing here just to say 'Thank you very much for sharing' this information is really useful for me.. this is exactly what I was looking for..

[OneLine]

My KDE Splash

Tool

plasmapkg2 --help
Usage: plasmapkg2 [options]
Plasma Package Manager

Options:
  -v, --version             Displays version information.
  -h, --help                Displays this help.
  --hash <path>             Generate a SHA1 hash for the package at <path>
  -g, --global              For install or remove, operates on packages
                            installed for all users.
  -t, --type <type>         The type of package, e.g. theme, wallpaper,
                            plasmoid, dataengine, runner, layout-template, etc.
  -i, --install <path>      Install the package at <path>
  -s, --show <name>         Show information of package <name>
  -u, --upgrade <path>      Upgrade the package at <path>
  -l, --list                List installed packages
  --list-types              List all known package types that can be installed
  -r, --remove <name>       Remove the package named <name>
  -p, --packageroot <path>  Absolute path to the package root. If not supplied,
                            then the standard data directories for this KDE
                            session will be searched instead.

More:

plasmapkg2 --list-types
Package types that are installable with this tool:
Built in:
Addon Name            Service Type           Path                      Type Argument
--------------------  ---------------------  ------------------------  ---------------
Animated Wallpaper    Plasma/Wallpaper       plasma/wallpapers/        wallpaperplugin
DataEngine            Plasma/DataEngine      plasma/dataengines/       dataengine
KWin Effect           KWin/Effect            kwin/effects/             kwineffect
KWin Script           KWin/Script            kwin/scripts/             kwinscript
KWin Window Switcher  KWin/WindowSwitcher    kwin/tabbox/              windowswitcher
Layout Template       Plasma/LayoutTemplate  plasma/layout-templates/  layout-template
Look and Feel         Plasma/LookAndFeel     plasma/look-and-feel/     lookandfeel
Package               Plasma/Generic         plasma/packages/          package
Plasmoid              Plasma/Applet          plasma/plasmoids/         plasmoid
Runner                Plasma/Runner          plasma/runners/           runner
Shell                 Plasma/Shell           plasma/shells/            shell
Theme                                        plasma/desktoptheme/      theme
Wallpaper Images                             wallpapers/               wallpaper

Making/Copying

Copying from /usr/share/plasma/look-and-feel/org.kde.breeze.desktop/contents directories

- previews
- splash

to the home.



Editing a bit...

- changing the background picture.
- changing the preview picture.
- changing KDE logo to Kubuntu logo: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kubuntu_logo.svg
- small edit of the Splash.qml:

...
        Image {
            source: "images/Kubuntu_logo.svg"

and the metadata:

[Desktop Entry]
Comment=Draft Desktop Design
Comment[x-test]=xxDraft Desktop Designxx
Encoding=UTF-8
Keywords=Desktop;Workspace;Appearance;Look and Feel;Logout;Lock;Suspend;Shutdown;Hibernate;
Keywords[x-test]=xxDesktopxx;xxWorkspacexx;xxAppearancexx;xxLook and Feelxx;xxLogoutxx;xxLockxx;xxSuspendxx;xxShutdownxx;xxHibernatexx;
Name=Draft

Type=Service

X-KDE-ServiceTypes=Plasma/LookAndFeel
X-KDE-ParentApp=
X-KDE-PluginInfo-License=GPLv2+
X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name=org.me.draft.desktop
X-KDE-PluginInfo-Version=0.1
X-Plasma-MainScript=defaults

Installing

:~/LookFeel$ plasmapkg2 -t lookandfeel -i org.me.draft.desktop
pluginname:  "org.me.draft.desktop"
-- Copying  "/home/oneline/.local/share/plasma/look-and-feel/org.me.draft.desktop/metadata.desktop" "/home/oneline/.local/share/kservices5/plasma-lookandfeel-org.me.draft.desktop.desktop"
Copying metadata went ok.
Successfully installed /home/oneline/LookFeel/org.me.draft.desktop

Testing

KDE System Settings > Workspace Theme > Splash Screen >...



Seems to work...




Hmm - maybe the splash background could be a video ? - https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...ideo-wallpaper


More - Thread: Quick KDE plasma qml widgets: https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...ma-qml-widgets

[xennex81]

Also, perhaps on the same vein:

apt-get install kde-wallpapers plasma-workspace-wallpapers

will install a nice selection of wallpapers you can use for the desktop background.