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Bug 171589 - Impossible to set own JPEG picture as a background.
Impossible to set own JPEG picture as a background.
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 168604
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: Background
2.10.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Rodney Dawes
Control-Center Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-03-25 14:49 UTC by sdiconov
Modified: 2005-03-25 16:42 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description sdiconov 2005-03-25 14:49:47 UTC 
It is impossible to use any custom pictures a desktop backgrounds if their
filenames or paths contain non-ASCII symbols. 

My language is Russian and I use ru_RU.CP1251 locale. I have a large personal
archive of digital photos and want to use them as backgrounds. All pictures are
sorted into categories and have descriptive names in Russian. 

Unfortunately I cannot just pick a file with the background changer and press
OK. I first have to copy desired pictures to some special hidden folder (usually
as root because I do not want to litter my home folder) and then rename it to
make the broken capplet work.

This bug has history. It was present in Gnome 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8 and is
still here in 2.10. 

The G_BROKEN_FILENAMES variable is set to "1".



... And someone still talks about user-friendliness... ha-ha.
Comment 1 Rodney Dawes 2005-03-25 16:42:56 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 168604 ***