Screen not repainting

ToddAndMargo ToddAndMargo at zoho.com
Fri Mar 18 22:22:24 CET 2016


On 03/18/2016 12:22 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
> 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


I forgot who asked me for this:

$ rpm -qa xorg-x11-server-common
Xorg-x11-server-common-1.18.1-3.fc23.x86_64



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