Loading SVG images as background blows up bitmap instead

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The Mozilla Firefox logo

If you don't have an SVG file handy, try this one.

Are you speaking about the desktop background image ? How do you set it ?

Right-click on the background and pick "Change Desktop background". Drag in
whatever image file you want into the panel that pops up.

Ok, I was not sure if you were speaking about the desktop background or a folder
brackground.

The corresponding upstream bug report is here:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141557

Confirmed on Dapper 2006-03-30

Seems to be still valid for Gnome 2.20 and what will be released with Gutsy.

Confirmed on Gutsy with GNOME 2.20.1.

Confirmed on Hardy with gnome 2.22.0.

Confirmed on Intrepid with gnome 2.24.1

Attached patch:
* debian/patches/10_gnome_bg_smooth_svg_scale.patch:
   - Render SVG backgrounds set to SCALE, ZOOM or FILL at maximum resolution

The rendering is done in libgnome-desktop

thanks robert the change looks good, let's wait for upstream comment a bit and then upload

Updated patch based on upstream comments - it now checks if the API user specified a resolution.

the bug has been fixed upstream now

unsubscribing the sponsor team the change will be in the next version and there is no need to backport the change in karmic now when we can wait for the update

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-desktop - 1:2.27.3-0ubuntu1

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gnome-desktop (1:2.27.3-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * new upstream release: (LP: #387919)
    - GnomeRR: Only select for RRScreenChangeNotifyMask, not for the more
      detailed RANDR 1.2 events (Federico Mena Quintero)
    - GnomeRR: Don't ask for RANDR events if the caller doesn't specify a
      callback (Federico Mena Quintero)
    - GnomeRR: Add _with_time() versions to the GnomeRR and GnomeRRConfig
      functions that change the RANDR configuration (Federico Mena Quintero)
    - GnomeRR: Add gnome_rr_screen_get_timestamps() to query the XRR
      timestamps (Federico Mena Quintero)
    - GnomeRR: Don't force a reprobe of the RANDR outputs on every RANDR
      event (Federico Mena Quintero)
    - GnomeRR: First update screen resources, then update the screen size
      range (Federico Mena Quintero)
    - GnomeRR: Add debug dialog to show the RANDR timestamps (Federico
      Mena Quintero)
    - Svg backgrounds not scaled correctly (LP: #9722)
    - Updated translations
  * debian/rules: bump shlibs
  * update debian/watch to take unstable version
  * debian/patches:
    - 100_load_desired_settings.patch: replace gnome_rr_config_apply with
      gnome_rr_config_apply_with_time to make it apply again
    - 90_relibtoolize.patch: new version update

 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:33 +0200