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Description of problem: It seems impossible to make kdm remember any default user icon other than the (IMHO) incredibly ugly icon in /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/pics/users/default1.png. Even if I change it in the configuration, reinstalling kdm is enough to return it to the original. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kdm.x86_64 0:4.2.3-4.fc11 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open the KDM configuration (System Settings - Advanced - Login Manager) 2. Go to the "Users" tab 3. Select some other default icon (e.g., /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/pics/users/default_leonidas.png) 4. Save and quit -- the new icon is in place 5. "yum reinstall kdm" (or install a new version if it's available) 6. Check the configuration now -- the icon is back to default1.png again! Actual results: Ugly icon returns Expected results: The selected icon remains
Please report this issue upstream at http://bugs.kde.org and also please add the upstream information to this report. We will monitor upstream for a resolution.
Done.
And the KDE developer says that this one actually is a downstream-specific issue ...
The symlink for the default icon is created in the kdm package. So it's normal that this is reset each time the package is reinstalled. Upstream needs a way to configure the icon without setting symlinks in systemwide directories, there's currently no way to both have a system default and let the user override it. The bug on our end is that we're still using default1.png instead of default_leonidas.png as we should as the default on F11.
Restoring original summary, there are in fact 2 separate issues here, I filed a cloned bug (bug 503347) for the default face icon issue.
Based on the comments on the upstream bug going to leave this open on our end for the moment. Thanks for reporting it upstream.
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 11 development cycle. Changing version to '11'. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
Ping? -- Steven M. Parrish - KDE Triage Master - PackageKit Triager Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
After reading the upstream bug today it appears this is a CANTFIX issue here in Fedora and upstream is basically saying its a wish for some unknown point in the future. Upstream report is open as a WISH so going to close this on for now. -- Steven M. Parrish - KDE Triage Master - PackageKit Triager Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
Well, this is not a valid use of CANTFIX (that's for things which are truly impossible to fix for legal or technical reasons), and I do think this is a bug (because it affects our default setup: users can't customize the face icon without having the next kde-settings update overwrite it) and we need some solution for it (even if it's a special hack for kde-settings, like having KDM check distro-default.png if default.png doesn't exist and having kde-settings use distro-default.png instead of default.png).
Since it appears upstream has no interest in this do we want to do a fix locally? -- Steven M. Parrish - KDE Triage Master - PackageKit Triager Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
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Still relevant.
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 14 development cycle. Changing version to '14'. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
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kdm has long been unsupported upstream, and there's been no time/interest to implement this ourselves. Time to admit reality (closing->wontfix)