Splash screen no longer works after KDE 4.9.2 upgrade (Solved)

[ternor]

That did it. 

[bullet_trap]

NICE work Archie!!   
I just completed the upgrade and, of course, it went smoothly!!

Thanks!

[atolboo]

I also have the plain brushed metal KSplash theme after the 108 package update from KDE-4.8.3 to 4.9.2.
And in System Settings > Workspace Appearance the Default ksplash theme is no longer present.
Synaptic indicates that kde-workspace-4.9.2-1_archie_2012 is installed but the size is 0B while the next column Download (NL=Ophalen) reports 10.9kB.
I guess the kde-workspace update didn't went 100%.
And after a re-install it is still 0B
Is there any explanation for this 0B size
On my netbook, which is still on 4.8.3, kde-workspace-4.8.3 also shows 0B.

My tip: Install ksplash-theme-legacy in Synaptic in order to get a beautiful theme.

[challenger50]

I meant the core, which should contain the ksplashx engine. If you are not getting the icons to appear, you can try checking the ksplash theme and maybe reinstall those themes. kde-workspace is needed by other utilities such as smaragd, and not necessarily a critical KDE package as core is.

Horos as well as Minimalistic, None, Simple and SimpleSmall are the themes packaged with kde-workspace-core. You will need to install the extra themes. The themes are located at /usr/share/apps/ksplash/Themes/

The following link was used in the development of KDE 4.8.3. Maybe it's what you need: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32533806/ksplash-theme-metal32-1.0-1_archie_2012.i586.rpm

I had to download from the above link to replace what I originally had, that fixed my very small problem. Thanks Archie and Neal. The metal 32 theme is not in synaptic and must have been on my computer from the KDE4.8.3 upgrade.

[ternor]

My thanks also to Archie.

[atolboo]

My thanks also to Archie.

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