[Virtual-pkg-base-maintainers] Bug#859320: [JESSIE 8.7.1] Desktop GUI window-manager fails @ res above 800x600 ( 1400 x 1050 + other tested )

[Michal Sourek]

Package: base
Version: 8.7.1 JESSIE

This behaviour was now observed in JESSIE 8.7.1  [VM]
This behaviour was not observed in WHEEZY 7.5.0 [VM]s

*UNAME:*
Linux jessina 3.16.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.16.39-1+deb8u2 (2017-03-07)
i686 GNU/Linux

*DESKTOP* / Display Manager(s):
GNOME 3.14.1
( LXE acted similarly wrong on "higher" res )



*DESKTOP RES SETUPs TESTED:*res 800 x 600 PASS
res 752 x 576 PASS

res 832 x 624 FAIL
...
res 1600 x 1200 FAIL
res 1680 x 1050 FAIL
res 2048 x 1536 FAIL

*OBSERVATIONS*:
window-manager process works erroneously ( ref. attached screenshot )
- replicates "tiles" of Desktop GUI ( top-left tile replicated to the right
& down )
- replicated "tiles" hide content of new / old real GUI window-frames
- replicated "tiles" get over-painted on real GUI window-frames drag-&-move
around, so correct bitmaps are then restored from Display Manager internal
storage ( viz. screenshot )
- top system tray applets get visible only once re-painted via mouse
activity over 'em
- "Activity" icons in [applications]-overlay grid mode not visible under
replicated "tiles"
- "Activity" icons in [applications]-overlay grid mode get visible after
slow mouse-over activities

n.b. [*reportbug*] attempt crashed:

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Will send report to Debian (per lsb_release).
Querying Debian BTS for reports on base (source)...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 2211, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 1081, in main
    return iface.user_interface()
  File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 1198, in user_interface
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 1081, in main
    return iface.user_interface()
  File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 1703, in user_interface
    latest_first=self.options.latest_first)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/reportbug/ui/text_ui.py", line
517, in handle_bts_query
    source=source, http_proxy=http_proxy, archived=archived)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/reportbug/debbugs.py", line 1275,
in get_reports
    stats = debianbts.get_status(bugs)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/debianbts.py", line 188, in get_status
    bugs.append(_parse_status(elem))
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/debianbts.py", line 281, in
_parse_status
    bug.source = _uc(tmp['source'])
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/debianbts.py", line 298, in _uc
    return unicode(string, 'utf-8', 'replace')
TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, arrayType found