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gconf-editor package

  1. Bug #46638
  2. Comment #9

Comment 9 for bug 46638

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Phil Housley (undeconstructed) wrote : Re: Default gnome splash screen is not ubuntu splash

$ file /usr/share/pixmaps/splash/ubuntu-splash.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/splash/ubuntu-splash.png: symbolic link to `ubuntu-slick.png'

I've actually just reinstalled from scratch (a herd 2 cd image.) I'm not sure the situation is exactly as it was, but it still isn't right.

It seems that the only way to make the problem happen is specifically using the gconf-editor. If I use that to set the key to, for example, "error", then:

$ gconftool -g /apps/gnome-session/options/splash_image
error
$ gconftool -u /apps/gnome-session/options/splash_image
$ gconftool -g /apps/gnome-session/options/splash_image
splash/ubuntu-splash.png

And everything works correctly. If I then open gconf-editor, navigate to the key, and select "unset" from the context menu, the screen will then show "splash/gnome-splash.png". However:

$ gconftool -g /apps/gnome-session/options/splash_image
splash/ubuntu-splash.png

Starting gconf-editor again, the key is now shown as "splash/ubuntu-splash.png" again, so it looks like the context menu option doesn't actually set the key wrong, it just displays the wrong text.

I guess this is actually just a gconf-editor bug?