Screen not repainting

ToddAndMargo ToddAndMargo at zoho.com
Fri Mar 25 20:16:03 CET 2016


On 03/23/2016 02:34 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
> On 03/13/2016 05:56 AM, ToddAndMargo 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?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> -T
>>
>>
>
> This seemed to work, but I have had my heart broken before.
> So we will see.
>
> # rpm -e xscreensaver-base xscreensaver-extras xscreensaver-extras-base
> xscreensaver-gl-base xscreensaver-gl-extras
>
> # dnf install xscreensaver-base xscreensaver-extras
> xscreensaver-extras-base xscreensaver-gl-base xscreensaver-gl-extras
>
>

Uh oh.

Re-paint work only the "first" time I come off of screen
saver.  It doesn't matter what version of the screen saver
I am running.

I am now suspicious of the video drivers.



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