Comment 6 for bug 489442

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
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>
> 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.
>