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The idea is to apply steampunk style to every themeable part of KDE-based distro. Any constructive feedback is highly appreciated. I will try to implement your propositions/fix bugs once I have spare time.
KSplash theme notes: You may encounter weird grey dots during first time you run this theme. It happens when KSplash engine resizes PNG images with transparent pixels on the fly. After resized files are cached, these dots will disappear.Last changelog:
01/15/2012. Added QtCurve and Color Scheme to theme set. Updated appearance of KDM and KSplash themes
Good Question ;). I've now tested a few and the "normal" ones with the 5-Icon Animation work fine, but some others for example the Anonymous Splash (http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Anonymous+Splash?content=150882) got the some problem. So I guess it's a problem of the Ksplash Engine and I've got to fill out a bug at bugs.kde.org :).
Best Regards
Axel
Good Question ;). I've now tested a few and the "normal" ones with the 5-Icon Animation work fine, but some others for example the Anonymous Splash (http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Anonymous+Splash?content=150882) got the some problem. So I guess it's a problem of the Ksplash Engine and I've got to fill out a bug at bugs.kde.org :).
Best Regards
Axel
Hello,
nice Splash Screen. But it looks a little bit strange on a Dual-Screen Configuration. The Animations are on the right, the static Picture on the left screen. Is it a Problem with my NVDIA Card or is it a common problem on Dual Screens?
Best regards
Axel
I haven't tested on Dual Screen configurations and don't know why it may happen yet. KSplash engine is very limited, that's why most of KSplash themes are quite simple. I tried to get the best result, but it is possible that in some cases engine does not work in a way I expected. Do other themes work fine?
You have this error message, because older KDE (4.4 and earlier) do not support JPG files in KSplash. I used JPGs to minimize theme size, because PNG files are too big. You could update KDE or save JPG files as PNG and update corresponding file names in description.txt from *.jpg to *.png.
hi, your splash screen looks amazing... but unfortunately i couldn't make it work on my kubuntu, i don't know why!
anyway, i managed to modify it and now i have a static version with no special effects and the usual kde icon animation (but golden colour, to match the theme).
not as cool al yours though:) hope some future version of your theme will work for me too.
i also made a wallpaper, which i think will look great with the steampunk color scheme, here:
http://i42.tinypic.com/214yzpv.jpg
p.s. this is not entirely my creation, i modified it from this image http://wallpaperswide.com/the_golden_compass-wallpapers.html
It is strange that my theme doesn't work on Kubuntu, because it was developed under Kubuntu :)
What is not working exactly? I hope I can help you with getting it to work. Are there any error messages when you run "ksplashx SteampunK --test"?
YES! it works now, thanks for the input.
i could only see the buttons on login and couldn't even enter username and password.
also, the splash screen didn't work at all, not even as a test. when i tried to run it from terminal, it said that it failed to load the background, because it was not a png file. so i converted the background files into pngs and changed the links and now it works. thank you, such a simple solution!:)
Hi, it is strange that it wasn't able to load JPG. I tested my themes on different versions of Kubuntu and Archlinux and no problems were encountered. It is possible that KSplash and KDM engines use some library to load images and it failed to load JPGs for some reason.
BTW, nice wallpaper :) Currently, I'm rendering wallpapers that should fit my steampunk theme. One will look like current background image, but with "motion-blurred" gears that represent fully loaded state and the other is simple wooden texture with golden ornaments. I'm also planning to add some kind of logo in center, but not too happy with the result for now :)
I'm glad you liked it. Yes, there were issues, but they became obvious only after update. I had to simplify animations to work the same on different KSplash versions, but I'm fine with the result.
Congratulations for the wonderful work!
If i can make a suggestion, some animated and illuminated objects of the screen can start moving and sparkling as the system is completing the loading, specially the pressure (or what it is) gauge in the right, this last can show the completion of the startup.
Best regards !
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9 9 excellent
9 Victorian KDE?
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/qtcurve-style-steampunk https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/qtcurve-style-steampunk-light
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ksplash-steampunk/
The whole Steampunk Suite, Plymouth/KDM/Kspash is one of the only quality complete boot themes available IMHO.
Thank you! I hope I will find time to make some improvements to it and add other parts to suite
Good Question ;). I've now tested a few and the "normal" ones with the 5-Icon Animation work fine, but some others for example the Anonymous Splash (http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Anonymous+Splash?content=150882) got the some problem. So I guess it's a problem of the Ksplash Engine and I've got to fill out a bug at bugs.kde.org :). Best Regards Axel
Good Question ;). I've now tested a few and the "normal" ones with the 5-Icon Animation work fine, but some others for example the Anonymous Splash (http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Anonymous+Splash?content=150882) got the some problem. So I guess it's a problem of the Ksplash Engine and I've got to fill out a bug at bugs.kde.org :). Best Regards Axel
Hello, nice Splash Screen. But it looks a little bit strange on a Dual-Screen Configuration. The Animations are on the right, the static Picture on the left screen. Is it a Problem with my NVDIA Card or is it a common problem on Dual Screens? Best regards Axel
I haven't tested on Dual Screen configurations and don't know why it may happen yet. KSplash engine is very limited, that's why most of KSplash themes are quite simple. I tried to get the best result, but it is possible that in some cases engine does not work in a way I expected. Do other themes work fine?
Tried to get it to work for debian squeeze but it fails. Even testing it fails.
Please run "ksplashx SteampunK --test". It should give some error message
$ ksplashx SteampunK --test libpng error: Not a PNG file Failed to load: background.jpg
You have this error message, because older KDE (4.4 and earlier) do not support JPG files in KSplash. I used JPGs to minimize theme size, because PNG files are too big. You could update KDE or save JPG files as PNG and update corresponding file names in description.txt from *.jpg to *.png.
Thanks - got it working now however themes should be compatible with older kde4 versions.
hi, your splash screen looks amazing... but unfortunately i couldn't make it work on my kubuntu, i don't know why! anyway, i managed to modify it and now i have a static version with no special effects and the usual kde icon animation (but golden colour, to match the theme). not as cool al yours though:) hope some future version of your theme will work for me too. i also made a wallpaper, which i think will look great with the steampunk color scheme, here: http://i42.tinypic.com/214yzpv.jpg p.s. this is not entirely my creation, i modified it from this image http://wallpaperswide.com/the_golden_compass-wallpapers.html
It is strange that my theme doesn't work on Kubuntu, because it was developed under Kubuntu :) What is not working exactly? I hope I can help you with getting it to work. Are there any error messages when you run "ksplashx SteampunK --test"?
YES! it works now, thanks for the input. i could only see the buttons on login and couldn't even enter username and password. also, the splash screen didn't work at all, not even as a test. when i tried to run it from terminal, it said that it failed to load the background, because it was not a png file. so i converted the background files into pngs and changed the links and now it works. thank you, such a simple solution!:)
Hi, it is strange that it wasn't able to load JPG. I tested my themes on different versions of Kubuntu and Archlinux and no problems were encountered. It is possible that KSplash and KDM engines use some library to load images and it failed to load JPGs for some reason. BTW, nice wallpaper :) Currently, I'm rendering wallpapers that should fit my steampunk theme. One will look like current background image, but with "motion-blurred" gears that represent fully loaded state and the other is simple wooden texture with golden ornaments. I'm also planning to add some kind of logo in center, but not too happy with the result for now :)
i know it's strange, but i'm glad that in the end it was all sorted out. can't wait to see the wallpapers you're working on:)
New version is cool. I see some issues were resolved, so thanks for your work.
I'm glad you liked it. Yes, there were issues, but they became obvious only after update. I had to simplify animations to work the same on different KSplash versions, but I'm fine with the result.
Congratulations for the wonderful work! If i can make a suggestion, some animated and illuminated objects of the screen can start moving and sparkling as the system is completing the loading, specially the pressure (or what it is) gauge in the right, this last can show the completion of the startup. Best regards !
Nice idea. I think I can implement something like that :)
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