Debian Bug report logs - #543799
mutter screws up desktop wallpaper

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: mutter screws up desktop wallpaper

Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:33:53 +0900

Package: mutter
Version: 2.27.2-1
Severity: normal



I normally use compiz (because that's what gnome-session starts by
default, I guess; previously it used to start metacity).

I _don't_ run nautilus to manage the desktop though (i.e., I have no
icons on my "desktop", just a simple wallpaper image).

I started mutter by doing:

  $ mutter --replace &

and see this error mesg:

  ウィンドウ・マネージャの警告: Log level 8: meta_window_focus: assertion `!window->override_redirect' failed

*** But the most noticeable thing was that my wallpaper image had been
replaced by a pure-white background!

Running the gnome config tool for setting the background, did not let me
change that -- it remained pure white.

Re-starting compiz (with "compiz --replace &") restored my normal
desktop wallpaper.

Thanks,

-Miles


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers oldstable
  APT policy: (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages mutter depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0                   1.26.0-1   The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                         2.9-25     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                     1.8.8-2    The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libclutter-1.0-0              1.0.0-1    Open GL based interactive canvas l
ii  libfontconfig1                2.6.0-4    generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6                  2.3.9-5    FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4                   2.26.2-3   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgirepository1.0-0          0.6.4-1    Library for handling GObject intro
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]      7.5-3      A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.20.4-1   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0                   2.16.5-1   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                       2:1.0.5-1  X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libmutter-private0            2.27.2-1   library for the Mutter window mana
ii  libpango1.0-0                 1.24.5-1   Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libsm6                        2:1.1.1-1  X11 Session Management library
ii  libstartup-notification0      0.10-1     library for program launch feedbac
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.2.2-1  X11 client-side library
ii  libxcomposite1                1:0.4.0-4  X11 Composite extension library
ii  libxcursor1                   1:1.1.9-1  X cursor management library
ii  libxdamage1                   1:1.1.1-4  X11 damaged region extension libra
ii  libxext6                      2:1.0.4-1  X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3                    1:4.0.3-2  X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxinerama1                  2:1.0.3-2  X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxrandr2                    2:1.3.0-2  X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1                   1:0.9.4-2  X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  mutter-common                 2.27.2-1   shared files for the Mutter window
ii  zenity                        2.26.0-2   Display graphical dialog boxes fro

Versions of packages mutter recommends:
ii  gnome-session [x-session-mana 2.26.2-1   The GNOME Session Manager

Versions of packages mutter suggests:
ii  gnome-control-center          1:2.26.0-1 utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gnome-themes                  2.26.2-1   official themes for the GNOME desk
pn  xdg-user-dirs                 <none>     (no description available)

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Message #10 received at 543799@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov@debian.org>

To: control@bugs.debian.org

Cc: 543799@bugs.debian.org

Subject: forward bug reports

Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:24:44 -0300

tag 543799 wontfix
thanks

Hey,

According to upstream, Mutter is not supposed to be used with that kind
of setup, since it would be fairly complex to solve this specific
problem in Mutter itself - they are focusing on having it provide a
foundation for environments such as GNOME Shell and Moblin to build upon
(GNOME Shell being my personal motivation to work on this). This bug
will be fixed in GNOME Shell[0], but not in mutter itself.

Possible ways of having this solved for your use case (I believe it to
be running GNOME2 with no nautilus):

      * Create a new mutter plugin that does things the way you want (as
        opposed to using the default one)
      * Run some kind of tool to create a 'desktop window', like
        nautilus does

You can also run GNOME Shell instead of gnome-panel, if you feel like
tasting the future =).

Thanks,

[0]: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=591912

-- 
Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov@debian.org>
Debian

Message #17 received at 543799@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <543799@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Re: screws up desktop wallpaper

Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:20:51 +0900

Package: mutter
Followup-For: Bug #543799



Hi, I'm not totally sure, but I think this bug may be fixed now.

At least, when I run mutter with "mutter --replace", my wallpaper
stays in place as it should.  No "all white" background.

[The environment is slightly different from my bug report though:
I'm replacing metacity instead of compiz; I tried to run compiz to
test that case too, but it doesn't seem to work entirely properly.]

-Miles


-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (50, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages mutter depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0                   2.0.1-2    ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                         2.13-10    Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo-gobject2             1.10.2-6   The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcairo2                     1.10.2-6   The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0            0.28-1     Gtk+ 3.0 helper for playing widget
ii  libcanberra0                  0.28-1     a simple abstract interface for pl
ii  libclutter-1.0-0              1.6.16-1   Open GL based interactive canvas l
ii  libdrm2                       2.4.26-1   Userspace interface to kernel DRM 
ii  libffi5                       3.0.9-7    Foreign Function Interface library
ii  libfontconfig1                2.8.0-3    generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6                  2.4.4-2    FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4                   2.32.4-1   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0            2.23.5-2   GDK Pixbuf library
ii  libgirepository-1.0-1         0.10.8-2   Library for handling GObject intro
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]      7.10.3-3   free implementation of the OpenGL 
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.28.6-1   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-common              2.32.1-1   The GNOME library - common files
ii  libgtk-3-0                    3.0.11-1   GTK+ graphical user interface libr
ii  libice6                       2:1.0.7-2  X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0            0.13.4-2   GLib JSON manipulation library
ii  libmutter0                    3.0.2.1-2  window manager library from the Mu
ii  libpango1.0-0                 1.28.4-1   Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libsm6                        2:1.2.0-2  X11 Session Management library
ii  libstartup-notification0      0.12-1     library for program launch feedbac
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.4.3-2  X11 client-side library
ii  libxcomposite1                1:0.4.3-2  X11 Composite extension library
ii  libxcursor1                   1:1.1.12-1 X cursor management library
ii  libxdamage1                   1:1.1.3-2  X11 damaged region extension libra
ii  libxext6                      2:1.3.0-3  X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3                    1:5.0-4    X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxi6                        2:1.4.3-3  X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1                  2:1.1.1-3  X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxrandr2                    2:1.3.2-2  X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1                   1:0.9.6-2  X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  mutter-common                 3.0.2.1-2  shared files for the Mutter window
ii  zenity                        2.30.0-1   Display graphical dialog boxes fro

Versions of packages mutter recommends:
ii  gnome-session [x-session-mana 2.30.2-3   The GNOME Session Manager - GNOME 
ii  xfce4-session [x-session-mana 4.8.1-3    Xfce4 Session Manager

Versions of packages mutter suggests:
ii  gnome-control-center          1:2.30.1-3 utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gnome-themes                  2.30.2-1   official themes for the GNOME desk
ii  xdg-user-dirs                 0.13-2     tool to manage well known user dir

-- no debconf information

Message #22 received at 543799-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jeremy Bícha <jeremy.bicha@canonical.com>

To: 543799-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: screws up desktop wallpaper

Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 17:12:34 -0400

There have been many changes to Debian since this bug was originally
reported. If you are still experiencing this issue with Debian 12,
please report a new bug.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha

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