https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=380113
Bug ID: 380113
Summary: Plymouth KCM update-alternatives not able to set
available themes
Product: kde
Version: Git
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: unassigned-b...@kde.org
Reporter: leszek.les...@web.de
Target Milestone: ---
Trying to change the plymouth boot splash screen to solar theme. Go to 'System
Settings->Startup and shutdown->Boot Splash' and I select solar theme then
apply. It asks for password. But when hitting ok after providing password it
shows an error message:
"Unable to authenticate/execute the action: 2, update-alternatives returned
with error condition 2."
The reason for this error is that the solar theme is not "installed" as
alternative in the update-alternatives system. So using the update-alternatives
--set command (line 69 of helper.cpp) will fail for it. In fact it will fail
for every theme that isn't known to update-alternatives.
This also means if I manually download and extract a theme to plymouths theme
directory I am not able to set it
The best solution would be checking with
update-alternatives --list default.plymouth
if it outputs the path of the plymouth theme we want to set.
If its not in there that means the update-alternatives needs to install the
.plymouth file first before using set.
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