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Desktop wallpapers appear pixelized, unaesthetic, unappealing, and unprofessional.

Bug #1186471 reported by Jeb E. on 2013-06-01

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #863762: [needs-packaging] Release "high quality" & "shortlist" packages for wallpapers. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Unity	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned
	ubuntu-wallpapers (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

All the desktop wallpapers in my Ubuntu 13.04 installation appear as semi-blocky, compressed images, rather than high-quality, super-fine lossless images seen in other operating systems, including Ubuntu 12.04.2. This makes stock Ubuntu feel less professional, almost beta-like, and unfinished.
Please push high-quality images into the update server; I really need a more-professional-looking stock OS for my custom builds I make for clients in my small business.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: unity 7.0.0daily13.04.18~13.04-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-23.34-generic 3.8.11
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-23-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
Date: Fri May 31 22:12:34 2013
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: raring
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS880 [Radeon HD 4250] [1002:9715] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device [1565:1705]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-01 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MachineType: BIOSTAR Group A880G+
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.8.0-23-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/21/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 080016
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: A880G+
dmi.board.vendor: BIOSTAR Group
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: None
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: BIOSTAR Group
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080016:bd09/21/2011:svnBIOSTARGroup:pnA880G+:pvr:rvnBIOSTARGroup:rnA880G+:rvr:cvnBIOSTARGroup:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: A880G+
dmi.sys.vendor: BIOSTAR Group
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.9~daily13.04.18.1~13.04-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.43-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.1.1-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.1.1-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2b2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.1.0-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.21.6-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.7-0ubuntu1
xserver.bootTime: Fri May 31 21:18:45 2013
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6
xserver.video_driver: radeon

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Revision history for this message

Jeb E. (jebeld17) wrote on 2013-06-01:

Note the JPEG-like artifacts and digitized compressed "blocks" Edit (1.0 MiB, image/png)
BootDmesg.txt Edit (55.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootLog.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (24.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgLog.txt Edit (1.1 MiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (43.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmDisplayLog.txt Edit (2.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmGreeterLog.txt Edit (8.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmGreeterLogOld.txt Edit (8.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmLog.txt Edit (4.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (13.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (2.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (2.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (144.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (317.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UnitySupportTest.txt Edit (570 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (58.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (55.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (3.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (59.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xserver.devices.txt Edit (378 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xserver.outputs.txt Edit (672 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Revision history for this message

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2013-06-01:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Jeb E. (jebeld17) on 2013-06-14

Changed in unity:
status:	New → Confirmed

Stephen M. Webb (bregma) on 2013-06-14

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Invalid
Changed in unity:
status:	Confirmed → Invalid
Changed in gnome-shell:
status:	New → Invalid

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) on 2013-06-15

Changed in ubuntu-wallpapers (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb) on 2013-06-15

affects:	ubuntu-wallpapers → ubuntu-wallpapers (Ubuntu)
affects:	gnome-shell → gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
no longer affects:	gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
no longer affects:	unity (Ubuntu)