bug

[Ray Andrews]

On 17/11/12 02:43 PM, Ray Andrews wrote:
> On 17/11/12 02:17 PM, Worrier Poet wrote:
>> On 11/17/2012 04:20 PM, Ray Andrews wrote:
>>> I think I found a bug with themes, how do I file a proper report? I can
>>> of course just mention it here.
> Hi Worrier,
>> You need to get your ducks in a row.
> Indeed, that 's why I asked. But I thought I'd get the 'where' sorted 
> out before going into the 'what'.  I thought there was some official 
> place for bug reports.
>> ;-)
>>
>> Under which distribution are you running Xfce? For instance, I run Xfce
>> as my desktop environment for Debian testing (Wheezy). Telling us the
>> distribution and the version of the distribution is the first step. So,
>> Debian Squeeze, Wheezy, or Sid...or Xubuntu 12.x...or whatever.
>>
>> Then we need to know which version of Xfce you're running -- 4.6, 4.8, 4.10.
>>
>> Then you need to let us know exactly what the problem is and how to
>> reproduce it. You should also include information on any special
>> customizations you've made to your system and whether you are using open
>> source video drivers or proprietary ones. It might also be useful to
>> tell us if you have more than one desktop environment installed.
>>
>> Any problem with Xfce theming in any given environment may be caused by
>> the way package maintenance for Xfce and its dependencies is handled in
>> that distribution. So you may want to report your findings to the
>> package maintainers for Xfce in the distro instead of directly to Xfce
>> upstream.
>>
>> If you describe your problem here and others are able to reproduce the
>> issue within the same and other distros, then it's more likely a matter
>> for Xfce's developers themselves.
>>
>> Many distros (like Debian with reportbug) have their own applications
>> specifically designed for reporting bugs within the distro. That can
>> make it easier to gather and send the data to the correct recipients.
>>
>> I hope this is helpful.
> Well ... maybe it's normal to specify everything ahead of time like 
> that, but my inclination is to start simple and provide more and more 
> info as it may be needed while homing in on the problem.
>
> Anyway, here's the short version:
>
> Version is 4.8.  Distro is LMDE.  I made myself a custom theme 
> yesterday and it works fine, however, on restarting xfce the four 
> buttons on the titlebar show up black but only in the active window 
> and only on one of my three monitors.  This is true with all themes.  
> Menu>Settings>Window Manager > change from any theme to any other 
> theme and it fixes itself right then and there.  This did not happen 
> previously, and I'd suspect my custom theme, except that it happens 
> with all themes and I can't imagine how my new theme could create a 
> bug for another theme that is untouched.  I also deleted some surplus 
> themes, so, if it is possible for one theme to somehow need the 
> presence of another theme, then that could be it.  But again, the 
> problem is only there on startup.  If anyone has any ideas ...

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.xfce.org/pipermail/xfce/attachments/20121117/327f6e76/attachment-0001.html>