Ubuntu
gtk+2.0 package

background not redrawn when GDM main window changes size

Bug #405392 reported by Wayne Cat
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This bug affects 16 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GTK+
Fix Released
Medium
gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs
Ubuntu ubuntu-9.10-beta
Karmic
Fix Released
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs
Ubuntu ubuntu-9.10-beta

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gdm

started today ... I log out ... gdm appears with a background image ... I switch to a tty and then back to tty 7 (gdm) ... and the background images is gone ... gdm appears with a plain black background.

Screen-shot attached.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jul 27 19:20:36 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: gdm 2.27.4-0ubuntu6
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-4.22-generic
SourcePackage: gdm
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-4-generic i686

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/lucid/gtk+2.0
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Wayne Cat (exchange) wrote :
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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

Looks to me like gnome-settings-daemon has died. I won't be able to check that until later though - could you please check from a console if gnome-settings-daemon is still running after you've triggered this behaviour?

Thanks

Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Wayne Cat (exchange) wrote :

gnome-settings-daemon is running:

root@macbook:~# ps ax|grep gnome-sett |grep -v grep
 9331 ? Ssl 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
root@macbook:~#

I log out: -> gdm appears with background image ... daemon is still alive

I switch to a tty: -> daemon is still alive

I switch back to gdm: > background gone ... daemon is still alive

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The issue is a gtk one see http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=589369

affects: gdm (Ubuntu) → gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu)
Changed in gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
status: Incomplete → Triaged
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Changed in gtk:
status: Unknown → New
Max Bowsher (maxb)
summary: - gdm loses background image
+ black rectangles / background not redrawn when GDM main window changes
+ size
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
summary: - black rectangles / background not redrawn when GDM main window changes
- size
+ background not redrawn when GDM main window changes size
Changed in gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu):
milestone: none → ubuntu-9.10-beta
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Cristiano da Silva Teixeira (cristianosite) wrote :

I can confirm this bug as well. But, after choose my username and put my password, the gnome desktop don't work. Just appear a xterm, where I can run the commands.
Package: gdm 2.27.4-0ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-4.23-generic

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manzur (sl-solaris) wrote :

i can confirm this too:
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29635430/dsc02628.jpg

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manzur (sl-solaris) wrote :

i think background should be the one that we selected as our wallpaper it should be independent

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Nate Wiebe (natew) wrote :

i can confirm..

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gtk+2.0 - 2.17.6-0ubuntu2

---------------
gtk+2.0 (2.17.6-0ubuntu2) karmic; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/092_bugzilla_fix_gdm_refresh_issue.patch:
    - upstream change to workaround a gdm refresh issue
      (lp: #405392)

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:17:11 +0200

Changed in gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu Karmic):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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Andreas Schildbach (schildbach) wrote :

Karmic alpha 4 fixed the problem for me.

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manzur (sl-solaris) wrote :

it is fixed for me as well but we need an option to change gdm background

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Wayne Cat (exchange) wrote :

This has nothing to do with this bug ... so ... sorry for OT

You can set a new background picture from the command line (as user root)

sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 --set --type string --set /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename /data/pictures/Grassy.jpg

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manzur (sl-solaris) wrote :

yes I know but newbie people wouldn't know how to do it, we need a GUI option in gdmsetup

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Dominik George (natureshadow) wrote :

Not that this would solve the issue, but I think quite a few configuration features were removed from the GUI in karmic.

-nik

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Angel Guzman Maeso (shakaran) wrote :

Karmic need more features as change the gdm background that the little details make a nice distro.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gtk:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: New → Fix Released
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