a screenshot or photo ?

not much really to show, the mageia wallpaper is centred with grey bars each side, usually wallpapers are set to fill?

yep, I think so, if you know some css (seems I was wrong) 0:)

http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/cauldron/gnome-shell/current/SOURCES/gnome-shell-3.6.3.1-fix-gdm-background.patch?view=markup&pathrev=401812

(a new background is coming too)

*** Bug 9320 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

CC: (none) => kralleforpresident

Same here. I've got a 5:4 1280x1024 display, and I've got horizontal gray bars at the top and at the bottom. In addition to that, the artwork in the center clashes with actual login/password widgets, negatively affecting overall aesthetic feel.

CC: (none) => mitya

*** Bug 9822 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

CC: (none) => mageia

maybe we should switch back to the state before (ie in black), as I have seen some bugs related to the no possibility to have dynamic background size in the gnome bugzilla

Priority: Normal => release_blocker

Hi all,

I cannot reproduce this bug here with gnome-shell on latest cauldron . I have a
dimensions:    1920x1080 pixels (508x285 millimeters) screen and the default wallpaper as well as the two other alternatives work fine.

Regards,

-- Shlomi Fish

CC: (none) => shlomif

because your resolution is listed in /usr/share/mga/backgrounds/

so, could someone remove the patch ?

CC: (none) => nicolas.lecureuil, olav

*** Bug 10109 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

CC: (none) => eeeemail

We should not remove this patch, but investigate why /usr/share/mga/backgrounds/default.jpg points to the wrong wallpaper size.
Where does the link point to on your systems?

Is it better after you run XFdrake --auto ? (this may modify your graphics settings)

CC: (none) => anssi.hannula, mageia

well it can't point to the right background for some users (like me there is no 1366*768 png, and patch works only for exact png size)

For a 1366x768 screen, I guess we should choose the 1920x1080 wallpaper, since they have (approximately) the same ratio.

This is what set_default_background() in /usr/lib/libDrakX/Xconfig/resolution_and_depth.pm is supposed to do.

Does it get fixed if you run XFdrake --auto ?

CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud

In reply to Olivier Blin from comment #14)
> For a 1366x768 screen, I guess we should choose the 1920x1080 wallpaper,
> since they have (approximately) the same ratio.
> 
> This is what set_default_background() in
> /usr/lib/libDrakX/Xconfig/resolution_and_depth.pm is supposed to do.
> 
> Does it get fixed if you run XFdrake --auto ?

no, and is still valid in mageia4, seriously, removing the patch was and is certainly best way to do no ?

Keywords: (none) => Junior_job
Blocks: (none) => 11844, 11704
Source RPM: gnome-shell-3.6.3.1-2.mga3 => gnome-shell
Whiteboard: (none) => 4beta2

BTW we have the same issue with 1920x1200: theme is properly scaled once logged but not with GDM

I wonder is this bug really a release blocker? I can see gdm and gnome-shell works properly for the reporter and commentators. It should be a cosmetic issue not a functionality. Shouldn't we change the tag?

CC: (none) => tarakbumba

Well considering our last release had it, I don't think it's a release blocker either. I actually spoke to upstream about it and did a few tweaks but none of them really worked out that well.

Still chatting to see if we can find a solution.

well we can remove integration of the background, it will fix it like already said

Created attachment 4791 [details]
What my 2-monitor gdm screen looks like

I was about to file a bug for this weird gdm background on multiple monitors and then found this bug. Is it the same? It looks quite strange...

CC: (none) => reinout

I've committed a fix for this to gnome-shell. Should work fine now thanks to some help from upstream.

Personnaly, I see the blue of the background, not the complete one, but it is much better than before anyway. Thanks.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED

(In reply to Manuel Hiebel from comment #22)
> Personnaly, I see the blue of the background, not the complete one, but it
> is much better than before anyway. Thanks.

Ooops, seems my testing of the CSS change was bogus. I matched the colour of the background, to avoid artefacts when changing monitor setups, but this doesn't actually make sense as it goes *over* the image :s

I've removed the CSS tweak. It looks good without it under normal circumstances so no real need for that change anyway. Should be fixed in next push :)

So a small point... the backgrounds of the login screen and the password entry screen after lock are fixed, but the default image on the actual shield is unchanged. This is a dconf key AFAIK, org.gnome.desktop.screensaver.picture-uri

Not sure which package we should change this in tho.

(In reply to Colin Guthrie from comment #24)
> Not sure which package we should change this in tho.

OK, so seems it would be in /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/glib2-branding.gschema.override from mageia-theme-gnome

We already override the background for the general desktop, but not the screen lock. Would just be an extra line or two if we want to use the same image for the lock screen. Not sure we do tho'... I'm no designer!