As noticed in this issue, the Flatpak application did not have the necessary permissions to create the gnome-background-properties directory in case it didn't exist (as is the case after a fresh install of Fedora, for example). This would result in the application failing silently when trying to create a dynamic background, as it could not create the missing directory and would not report it either.
To reproduce the issue:
Delete the $HOME/.local/share/gnome-background-properties directory.
Try and create a dynamic wallpaper using the Flatpak application
We will get no reported errors, but when we try to choose this wallpaper in the Gnome background chooser, we will not see it there
The chosen images will be in the $HOME/.local/share/backgrounds folder, but the gnome-background-properties directory will not exist and neither will the .xml file
This Pull Request fixes this permission problem.
Added create permissions to the two folders used in dynamic background creation, as the Flatpak application could only read and write to them but not create them.
dusansimic
commented
2 years ago
As noticed in this issue, the Flatpak application did not have the necessary permissions to create the
gnome-background-propertiesdirectory in case it didn't exist (as is the case after a fresh install of Fedora, for example). This would result in the application failing silently when trying to create a dynamic background, as it could not create the missing directory and would not report it either.To reproduce the issue:
$HOME/.local/share/gnome-background-propertiesdirectory.$HOME/.local/share/backgroundsfolder, but thegnome-background-propertiesdirectory will not exist and neither will the .xml fileThis Pull Request fixes this permission problem.
Added
createpermissions to the two folders used in dynamic background creation, as the Flatpak application could only read and write to them but not create them.