OpenRiot v7.9.14 — The One Where the Wallpaper Actually Showed Up
“The background was there. The code just wasn’t looking for it.” — The OpenRiot Crew, after discovering that
01.pnghad been.webpfor six releases.
Release Overview
v7.9.13 asked before downloading half a gigabyte of RTS. v7.9.14 fixes the bug that made fresh installs show a black desktop instead of a wallpaper, and handles snapshot library mismatches without leaving users stranded.
Wallpaper: Look for What Exists
--wallpaper-load hardcoded 01.png as the fallback. The repo has
been shipping .webp backgrounds for multiple releases. On a fresh
install there is no state file, so Load() fell back to a file that
didn’t exist. feh got an invalid path. The desktop stayed black.
The fix: findFirstBackground() scans the directory and returns the
first image it finds (.jpg, .jpeg, .png, .webp). No more
hardcoded filenames.
| File | Change |
|---|---|
source/backgrounds/backgrounds.go |
findFirstBackground() |
replaces hardcoded 01.png |
Found by divadgnol227-del.
Snapshot Library Mismatches
On -current, pkg_add fails with library version mismatches when
base and package builds drift. The installer only detected signature
errors and told users to sysupgrade -s. Most of the time pkg_add
-u is sufficient.
The installer now detects library mismatch keywords (bad major,
incompatible, mismatch, depends on, missing, qt, library)
and gives the same clear instruction: run doas pkg_add -u, then
re-run the installer.
| File | Change |
|---|---|
source/installer/packages.go |
isLibraryMismatch() + |
| combined drift error handler |
Games Cleanup
kdiamond was removed from the games module and rofi menu. It
pulled in heavy Qt6/KDE dependencies that frequently broke on
snapshots.
| File | Change |
|---|---|
install/packages.yaml |
Removed kdiamond |
config/rofi/games.txt |
Removed kdiamond entry |
Since v7.9.13 (Recap)
Zero A.D.: Respect the User’s Time
Double confirmation before installing ~500MB package. 60-minute timeout for 0ad only. Heartbeat every 5 minutes. Skipped 0ad is removed from the games menu.
| File | Change |
|---|---|
source/installer/packages.go |
confirm0ad(); strip0adFromGames(); |
| 60m timeout; 5m heartbeat |
Since v7.9.12 (Recap)
WireGuard — Removed ReconnectWifi() from Start/Stop; added
Restart().
Privacy — Update check interval 3600s → 14400s; offline shows
up-to-date icon.
Config Preservation — Transmission settings.json survives
reinstall.
Since v7.9.11 (Recap)
Polybar — IPC-gated startup. xenodm — Display mirroring.
Night Light — sct replaces redshift. Test Infrastructure
— TMPDIR=$(HOME)/.tmp.
🧾 Files Changed
| File | Change |
|---|---|
source/backgrounds/backgrounds.go |
findFirstBackground() |
source/installer/packages.go |
Library mismatch detection; |
| confirm0ad(); strip0adFromGames() | |
source/theme/colors.go |
Suppress missing colors.toml |
| warning when running as root | |
install/packages.yaml |
Removed kdiamond |
config/rofi/games.txt |
Removed kdiamond entry |
🗣️ Final Words
“v7.9.10 made sure your packets went to the right router. v7.9.11 made sure you could click the bar. v7.9.12 made sure the tunnel didn’t eat your routes. v7.9.13 made sure you wanted that RTS. v7.9.14 makes sure your desktop isn’t a void.”
Thanks to divadgnol227-del for catching the wallpaper bug.
Ship it.