Cannot set AVIF as wallpaper

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With this install of Garuda I cannot set AVIF as my desktop wallpaper. When I was still running the 10282023 install I could set AVIF as my wallpaper. inthis inst neither set as wallpaper addons for Dolphin will do it, and AVIF aren’t seen when rightclicking the desktop and selecting Desktop and Wallpaper and then add and navigating to the folder with all my AVIF files in it, but Dolphin and other programs see them just fine. I have the below installed so there must be something else I need. Any ideas? Thanks

kimageformats
shared-mime-info
libavif-git
qt-avif-image-plugin-libavif-git

~  garuda-inxi                                                                             ✔  06:55:39 AM
System:
Kernel: 6.10.4-zen2-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=61af9897-861a-44c9-90b3-427648488cc4 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.1.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.4.0
wm: kwin_wayland with: krunner vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING B550-PLUS WIFI II v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3607 date: 03/22/2024
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard K360
serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA20120E
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB
L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3424 high: 3593 min/max: 2200/4662 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3400 2: 3400
3: 3400 4: 3593 5: 3400 6: 3400 7: 3400 8: 3593 9: 3400 10: 3400 11: 3400
12: 3400 13: 3400 14: 3400 15: 3400 16: 3400 bogomips: 108588
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: nvidia v: 555.58.02 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-06; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3
bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2504 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.2
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 res: 2560x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia
x11: drv: zink inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 555.58.02
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 11.72 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 7 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 driver: nvidia v: 555.58.02
device-ID: 10de:2504 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 0a:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 0c:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.10.4-zen2-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.2 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp7s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 09:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp9s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: IMC Networks Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 13d3:3563
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
Device-2: Intel AX200 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-7.4:11 chip-ID: 8087:0029
class-ID: e001
Report: ID: hci1 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11
status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 26.89 TiB used: 18.73 TiB (69.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000T500SSD8
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: P8CR002 temp: 33.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:4 vendor: Crucial model: CT500P3SSD8
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: P9CR30A temp: 31.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: Expansion HDD
size: 7.28 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 3.2 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1801 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: Expansion HDD
size: 10.91 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 3.2 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 0003 scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST8000AS0002-1NA17Z
size: 7.28 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: HDD rpm: 5980
serial: <filter> scheme: GPT
ID-6: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: SanDisk model: USB 3.2Gen1
size: 57.3 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.2
spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1.00 scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 232.8 GiB size: 232.8 GiB (100.00%)
used: 32.01 GiB (13.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 182.4 MiB (60.9%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 232.8 GiB size: 232.8 GiB (100.00%)
used: 32.01 GiB (13.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 232.8 GiB size: 232.8 GiB (100.00%)
used: 32.01 GiB (13.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 232.8 GiB size: 232.8 GiB (100.00%)
used: 32.01 GiB (13.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 46.96 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 16 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 41.4 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 48 GiB available: 46.96 GiB used: 11.23 GiB (23.9%)
Processes: 542 Power: uptime: 2h 54m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 18.74 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 2197 pm: pacman pkgs: 2187 libs: 596
tools: octopi,pacseek,pikaur,yay pm: flatpak pkgs: 10 Compilers:
clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: Zsh v: 5.9
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.35
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date:     2024-08-14
Last full system update: 2024-08-15 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:
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The fact that some formats are not recognized as background images has never bothered me. I simply convert them online to the appropriate format. This is certainly not an acceptable solution for you, but it might be for others.

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Fair enough, but I want the functionality back that I had in previous KDE Plasma builds. I’m pretty sure this is a Plasma issue.

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=474862
Looks like it is already wishlisted. They are aware this is a nice to have feature due to file size differences, but are somebody needs to spearhead the project to make it a feature. Unless I am misreading it as only as a convert on the fly feature that is.

Edit:
Thinking it might be more of regression with certain types of AVIF. :thinking:
Might related to a dolphin regression 483571 – [Regression] Dolphin Incompatible with Alliance for Open Media (AOM) Compressed AVIF files (but OK for some others).
I wonder if something is up with KImageFormats . I’ll try to search around for more clues.

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Thanks I think you’re on to something with the second one. I just might have to go into the BigLinux forum and ask them how they have Desktop and Wallpaper see their images since they use a lot of AVIF files to choose as wallpaper from Desktop and Wallpaper.

EDIT:

If I find out what they did I’ll post it here for others and maybe Garuda can use it in the future.

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for some reason kimageformats was not installed on my machine that was converted from KDE5 (only had the KDE 5 variant). Once I installed it, I could see AVIF thumbnails and set them as wallpapers. I just checked the recent package list of https://iso.builds.garudalinux.org/iso/garuda/dr460nized-gaming/240428/garuda-dr460nized-gaming-linux-zen-240428.pkgs.txt and only kimageformats5 was listed in the package list :astonished:

Since it is not listed in new package listings, I would make sure you have kimageformats and install it with:

sudo pacman -S kimageformats

I would recommend to update with garuda-update and restart as well as there are many KDE related packages with updates recently.

Edit:
@dr460nf1r3 @FGD
I also see that kimageformats is missing from the latest test ISO build from today as well.

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Mine is exactly as I listed above. After I made that first post I did my updates and rebooted still the same.

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ODD but i’ll take it. Decided to do another reboot and when I landed back on the desktop I had the wallpaper I had been trying to apply. No idea why it took two reboots but working. Thanks

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I added it to both Dr460nized profiles.

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Thanks

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