[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#776996: xfce4-session: wallpaper does not display until refreshed

[Benjamin Kaduk]

Package: xfce4-session
Version: 4.10.1-10
Severity: minor

I run XFCE via .xsession and startx.
After upgrading from 4.10.1-9 to 4.10.1-10 (I think), along with other
updates in sid, when I run 'startx' I am presented with a mostly black
screen.  I have the menu bar at the top and the launcher buttons at
the bottom of the screen, as well as any saved windows that were restarted.
The wallpaper is not rendered until I refresh the display, for example
by moving a window in front of it.  Doing so leaves the wallpaper visible
in the portions of the screen that were once covered by the window being
moved.

The icons which are on the desktop are not rendered; that part of the screen
is also black.

This is not a particular usability issue, but I figured I would report
my experience just in case.

There appears to be something on a timeout (perhaps a minute or two in
length) that eventually causes the entire screen to be refreshed, or
at least it makes the black parts of the screen that should be
wallpaper/desktop get rendered properly.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages xfce4-session depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0            2.14.0-1
ii  libc6                  2.19-14
ii  libcairo2              1.14.0-2.1
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.8.14-1
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2       0.102-1
ii  libfontconfig1         2.11.0-6.3
ii  libfreetype6           2.5.2-2
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0     2.31.1-2+b1
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.42.1-1
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.24.25-1
ii  libice6                2:1.0.9-1+b1
ii  libpango-1.0-0         1.36.8-3
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0    1.36.8-3
ii  libpangoft2-1.0-0      1.36.8-3
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0  0.105-8
ii  libsm6                 2:1.2.2-1+b1
ii  libwnck22              2.30.7-2
ii  libx11-6               2:1.6.2-3
ii  libxfce4ui-1-0         4.10.0-6
ii  libxfce4util6          4.10.1-2
ii  libxfconf-0-2          4.10.0-3
ii  multiarch-support      2.19-14
ii  xfce4-settings         4.10.1-2
ii  xfconf                 4.10.0-3

Versions of packages xfce4-session recommends:
ii  dbus-x11           1.8.14-1
ii  libpam-systemd     215-11
ii  systemd-sysv       215-11
ii  upower             0.99.1-3.1
ii  x11-xserver-utils  7.7+3+b1
ii  xfdesktop4         4.10.2-3
ii  xfwm4              4.10.1-3
ii  xscreensaver       5.30-1+b1

Versions of packages xfce4-session suggests:
pn  fortunes-mod  <none>
pn  sudo          <none>

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