system settings does not download ksplash themes correctly

[Al Williams]

Binary package hint: kcontrol

Actually the package is system settings but that wasn't a choice and officially KDE no longer has kcontrol.

Regardless. This is kubuntu obviously. Kubuntu 9.10. Amd64

Steps to reproduce:

1) Open System Settings and navigate to splash screen configuration

2) Click on Get New Themes

3) Click on an Install button to get a new splash screen

4) The button should turn to Uninstall (occasionally this does not happen but
only for certain items; if that happens, try a different item)

5) Close the dialog. Note that no new theme was installed.

6) In a shell or explorer, navigate to ~/.kde/share/apps/ksplash/Themes - Note
there will be a new file in there. View it. Note it will be some HTML page
directing you where to go download the actual file you need.

If you download the file manually and then ask the configuration to read the
file from the hard drive all is well.

[Maciej Pilichowski (bluedzins)]

Version: (using Devel)
Installed from: Compiled sources

icons: getting new theme does not work

SS -> appearance -> icons -> get new theme
I wait for a while while data are loaded
I choose any theme
-> install
mouse cursor changes shape to "busy"
...
mouse cursor shape is restored
-> close

No change, no new themes in the list.

[Jeff Watts (mesa412)]

Same problem here, exactly.

Although, 2-3 items in the download window list will download and show in the selection list, sometimes.

[petersohn (peet21)]

I have the same problem. I use KDE 4.2, and the bug still exists.

[Angel Blue01 (angel-blue-co2004)]

For me, this only applies to some icon themes, clicking the Install button does nothing, and only in 4.2.x

[Teeahr1-t (teeahr1-t)]

I can confirm this, using the latest 4.3 beta packages from Kubuntu.

[Christoph-maxiom (christoph-maxiom)]

I tried all 50 latest themes, and I was able to install "Oxygen Refit Black", "Snowish", "nuoveXT Black", "KDE Pro II Normal", and "kde_win2k".

This means the code in the icons KCM works, but only for themes that strictly follow some unpublished specs.

Some others are listed as installed in the GHNS dialog, but do not show in icon theme list. Most themes do not even download. This usually means the download is hosted on a different site instead of kde-look.org directly.

This is a general GHNS provider problem. Reassigning to kdelibs.

[Michael Leupold (lemma)]

The code is basically fine but the download links on kde-looks aren't really. Many people seem to put links to anonymous download sites (mediafire or similar) which will not work because they don't allow direct download.

The only problem KNS2 has is that it should probably show an error in case loading or extracting the icon theme doesn't work.

I'm unsure if this is a bug or a wishlist item, so I'll leave it a bug for now.
I'm also not sure if this only applies to icons, so if it doesn't, please change the bug description.

[Christoph-maxiom (christoph-maxiom)]

*** Bug 203159 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Dave Walker (dogatemycomputer)]

I can recreate the problem with Kubuntu Karmic 9.10. I opened an upstream report.

[Christoph-maxiom (christoph-maxiom)]

*** Bug 216471 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Dave Walker (dogatemycomputer)]

KDE Bug #216471 is a duplicate of KDE Bug #179948.

[Dave Walker (dogatemycomputer)]

Received from Christoph Feck with KDE Bugs:

--- Comment #1 from Christoph Feck <christoph maxiom de> 2009-11-28 23:26:34 ---
If the uploader of the theme did not provide a kde-look.org download file, but
instead offers a linked web page for download, knewstuff cannot know which link
on that page could potentially contain the files you want. It could only
display an error message instead.

[Al Williams (wd5gnr)]

Agree with Feck comment, however the behavior should be something better than just quietly dumping an HTML file in a place the user has no idea about. I would think a minimum behavior would be to prompt and provide a direct URL (or better still just shoot the browser there via DBUS). As far as I can tell, 100% of the files now bring you a web page rather than directly access the file. I haven't found one that works yet, at least.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Closing as this is an upstream bug that is being tracked at KDE. Once fixed in KDE, it will make its way into Kubuntu via the KDE release it is fixed in. Thanks for the report.

[Dave Walker (dogatemycomputer)]

Thanks Jonathan,

I'm new to this so I was trying to figure out what I was suppose to do
next. I guess I am suppose to mark the bug as "Invalid" and note the Bug.

Have a great day!

On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Jonathan Thomas <email address hidden>wrote:

> Closing as this is an upstream bug that is being tracked at KDE. Once
> fixed in KDE, it will make its way into Kubuntu via the KDE release it
> is fixed in. Thanks for the report.
>
> ** Changed in: kdebase (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Invalid
>
> --
> system settings does not download ksplash themes correctly
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/489442
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in KDE Base Components: Unknown
> Status in “kdebase” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: kcontrol
>
> Actually the package is system settings but that wasn't a choice and
> officially KDE no longer has kcontrol.
>
> Regardless. This is kubuntu obviously. Kubuntu 9.10. Amd64
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> 1) Open System Settings and navigate to splash screen configuration
>
> 2) Click on Get New Themes
>
> 3) Click on an Install button to get a new splash screen
>
> 4) The button should turn to Uninstall (occasionally this does not happen
> but
> only for certain items; if that happens, try a different item)
>
> 5) Close the dialog. Note that no new theme was installed.
>
> 6) In a shell or explorer, navigate to ~/.kde/share/apps/ksplash/Themes -
> Note
> there will be a new file in there. View it. Note it will be some HTML page
> directing you where to go download the actual file you need.
>
> If you download the file manually and then ask the configuration to read
> the
> file from the hard drive all is well.
>

[Christoph-maxiom (christoph-maxiom)]

*** Bug 219881 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Coffee-2000 (coffee-2000)]

This happens with splash screens for me too. Gentoo amd64 kde 4.3.3

[Christoph-maxiom (christoph-maxiom)]

*** Bug 221515 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Shlomi Fish (shlomif-gmail)]

(In reply to comment #10)
> This happens with splash screens for me too. Gentoo amd64 kde 4.3.3

This happens for me with splash screens. kdebase4-workspace-4.3.90-3mdv2010.1.src.rpm on Mandriva Cooker. Very annoying. For example, I cannot download the "Desert City" splash screens theme.

See this Mandriva bug too:

https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=52314

Regards,

-- Shlomi Fish

[Christoph-maxiom (christoph-maxiom)]

*** Bug 222270 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Christoph-maxiom (christoph-maxiom)]

*** Bug 224458 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Christoph-maxiom (christoph-maxiom)]

*** Bug 229950 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Andreas K. Hüttel (dilfridge)]

Is anyone still seeing this with kde-4.4 or later?

[Shlomi Fish (shlomif-gmail)]

(In reply to comment #16)
> Is anyone still seeing this with kde-4.4 or later?

Well, with KDE-4.5.71 on Mandriva Cooker after installing a non-available splash screen file (such as "KDE kastle"), I'm getting <<Download of "KDE kastle " failed, error: The file or folder http://www.filedropper.com/kstletar does not exist." (only I need to resize to see it all). The the theme's install button is giving me "Installing" and is greyed out and there's no way to release it without closing the dialogue (or to dismiss the dialog).

So it's better than before, but still not perfect. Furthermore, why do we have to suffer through this entire issue of themes that are listed and rated but cannot be downloaded? Why can't kde-look host or mirror the files locally?

[Christoph-maxiom (christoph-maxiom)]

*** Bug 313812 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***