Plasma background image?

Nigel Ridley nigel at prayingforisrael.net
Sun May 2 15:40:29 UTC 2010


On 05/02/2010 05:53 PM, David Wonderly wrote:
> On Sunday, May 02, 2010 09:01:54 am Nigel Ridley wrote:
>> On 05/02/2010 12:56 PM, Mark Greenwood wrote:
>>> On Sunday 02 May 2010 10:26:14 Nigel Ridley wrote:
>>>> How do I change the Plasma background image? At the moment it is a
>>>> see-through gray image with some rounded-cornered squares. It is also on
>>>> my kicker bar (which is more annoying/distracting). Is it possible to
>>>> change it or even get rid of it - especially from the kicker bar?
>>>>
>>>> Nigel
>>>
>>> Yes it took me a while to find that.
>>>
>>> Right-click the desktop, choose 'Desktop Activity Settings' - you get a
>>> dialog allowing you change the wallpaper, amongst other things.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>
>> Sorry, I should have been more specific. I didn't mean about changing the
>> wallpaper, rather the background image of the actual widgets that are on
>> the desktop. The same [annoying] image is also used a a background for the
>> kicker bar.
>>
>> Nigel
>
> That would be the plasma theme that controls that. Go into system settings and
> click on Appearance. in the top tab click on Workspace and you can change the
> themes from there. Either installing a downloaded theme or, one from the theme
> installer.
>
> Hope this helps ya.
>
> DW
>

That helped - thanks.
I did try to add new themes -- installed a couple from the 'Get New Themes' but they don't show 
up anywhere - not even after a logout/login.
Any ideas?

Nigel




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