Screen not repainting

ToddAndMargo ToddAndMargo at zoho.com
Fri Mar 18 20:22:07 CET 2016


On 03/16/2016 09:01 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
> On 03/15/2016 11:19 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>> On 03/15/2016 09:45 AM, Olivier Fourdan wrote:
>>> On 15 March 2016 at 17:30, Petter Adsen <petter at synth.no
>>> <mailto:petter at synth.no>>wrote:
>>>
>>>     On Sun, 13 Mar 2016 05:56:40 -0700
>>>     ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo at zoho.com <mailto:ToddAndMargo at zoho.com>>
>>>     wrote:
>>>
>>>     > Hi All,
>>>     >
>>>     > FC23
>>>     > Xfce 4.12
>>>     >
>>>     > Whenever I come log into my GUI or come back from screen saver, my
>>>     > screen does not repaint. It is all black. Everything is still
>>> there,
>>>     > just click on it with the mouse and the item you hit will repaint.
>>>     > Mouse across the task bar repaints those items too. Once
>>> repainted,
>>>     > they stay repainted.
>>>     >
>>>     > This happened coincident with a "dnf upgrade"
>>>     >
>>>     > Any idea how to get normal behavior back?
>>>
>>>     File a bug?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>> Filing a bug won't help much unless you can determine
>>> ​more precisely ​
>>> which updated package
>>> ​introduced
>>>   the issue.
>>>
>>> Start with which xorg driver do you use? Was it updated during that dnf
>>> update?​ What if you try downgrading that package? etc.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Olivier
>> Hi Peter and Oliver,
>>
>> I will test tonight and get back.
>>
>> -T
>
> Hi Oliver and Peter,
>
> I had work spaces set to one, so to test, I put it at
> two.  I opened a term in the second space and let the
> screen saver do its thing.  Unable to reproduce.
>
> Well now, maybe the problem only happens with one work
> space.  Again, unable to reproduce.
>
> All I did different was change the work screen count.
>
> So, go figure!
>
> Thank you for helping me with this,
> -T
>

And it is back to doing this again yesterday.

I really think this has something to do with the screen saver.
I think next time I remember and am with the machine,
I will revert the screen saver





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