Ubuntu
mate-screensaver package

Cannot remove 'Background picture for lock screen:'

Bug #1955340 reported by Hector B on 2021-12-19

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	mate-screensaver (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Open dialog "Screensaver Preferences". Click on "Background picture for lock screen:", select a file.
Once a file has been selected, there are no obvious ways of removing that file name.

There must be some way of removing previously chosen file
in the field "Background picture for lock screen:'"
dialog "Screensaver Preferences".

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
Package: mate-screensaver 1.26.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-22.22-generic 5.13.19
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu71
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Sun Dec 19 16:38:04 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-12-15 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Release amd64 (20211012)
SourcePackage: mate-screensaver
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Hector B (hectorb-2020) wrote on 2021-12-19:

Dependencies.txt Edit (14.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (901 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (112 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Hector B (hectorb-2020) wrote on 2021-12-19:

Also reported here:
https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-screensaver/issues/269

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2022-12-07:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in mate-screensaver (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Zenith (zenith-the-toaster) wrote on 2022-12-07:

I'm unsure how this problem is meant to be fixed and I could not find any answers online but I managed to bypass the issue by setting it to a new image file and deleting it. This forces the program to select "(none)" which uses whatever background your desktop uses.