On 07/07/2011 10:47 AM, Troy J Dawson wrote:
> On 06/26/2011 04:42 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Shawn Thompson<[log in to unmask]>   wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Akemi Yagi<[log in to unmask]>   wrote:
>>
>>>> The new artwork by Shawn Thompson is really nice. I have one [minor]
>>>> request.  The current background image is in a widescreen format.
>>>> Although it is common nowadays, it would be nice if the "traditional"
>>>> 4:3 format is also made available.
>>>>
>>>> Akemi
>>
>>> Actually, its got ''practically every resolution imaginable'', through
>>> some XML-based voodoo in the GNOME system it picks the correct size
>>> for your monitor.
>>
>> Below is what I see in KDE under SL 6.1 Alpha2. I set the screen size
>> to 1280x1024 (1.25ratio) for testing.
>>
>> This is what it looked like.  The 'nucleus' part is out of sight
>> (actually both sides are cut off).
>>
>> http://linux.toracat.org/SL/misc/background/125desktop-noscale.jpg
>>
>> If I scale it to see the whole image:
>>
>> http://linux.toracat.org/SL/misc/background/125desktop-scaled.jpg
>>
>> it becomes elongated vertically.  If I scale it in the proportional
>> mode, then I get blank space at the top and the bottom.
>>
>> With (most of) the images available from the menu, I did not see this
>> behavior. So, the 'XML-based voodoo' seems to be working.  Any idea
>> how to get it to work for the SL image?
>>
>> Akemi
>
> Hi Akemi,
> I've been looking into this this week.  Here's what I've found.
>
> For KDE, the Default background that it grabs is
> /usr/share/backgrounds/default.png
>
> On RHEL, that file is 1920x1200.
> We have followed RedHat's convention, and kept it at 1920x1200.
>
> The real problem is that RHEL's background is designed so that it looks
> ok when it is either squished, or chopped off.
> The SL 6.0 background looked ok chopped off also (after all, it's just
> black).
> The new SL 6.1 background looks ok chopped off (in my opinion), but
> doesn't look very good scaled to a different set of dimensions.
>
> No real solution yet, but letting you know what I've found.
>
> Troy

Ha, found it.
In /usr/share/wallpapers/RHEL6/contents/images there is only one link

1920x1200.png -> /usr/share/backgrounds/default.png
so if we add
1280x1024.png -> /usr/share/backgrounds/1280x1024_default.png
2048x1536.png -> /usr/share/backgrounds/2048x1536_default.png
Then it correctly finds various sized backgrounds for KDE, instead of 
just the one widescreen background.

This should be fixed with Beta 2.

Troy
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