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 -- __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/SCF/FEF/SLSMS Group __________________________________________________