Re: F25, no desktop wallpaper

[Christopher]

See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1397623

On Mon, Jan 2, 2017, 17:45 Jon LaBadie <jonfu(a)jgcomp.com&gt; wrote:

>  I just upgraded my old laptop (Dell Vostro 1500) from
>  F24 to F25 using the "dnf" plugins.
>
>  Video is now a problem.  My selected desktop wallpaper
>  does not show, just a black background.  Once drawn on
>  the desktop, items remain.  For example menus still show
>  after making a selection although they are not active.
>  Moving windows leave lots of ghost trailing images.
>
>  If I switch workspaces then switch back the artifacts
>  are gone, but still no wallpaper.  The wallpaper does
>  appear for an instant if I logout or reboot.
>
>  My normal environment is sddm display manager, mate
>  desktop environment, and compiz as the window manager.
>  For the latter I've tried both the emerald and the
>  gtk window decorators.
>
>  I've tried display managers gdm and lightdm, window
>  managers marco and mutter, and desktop environments
>  cinnamon and gnome.  All exhibit the same behavior.
>
>  I also tried a root gui login to mate which exhibited
>  the same behavior.
>
>  The video hardware is nVidia GeForce 6800M, using Xorg,
>  not Wayland, and the nouveau video driver.  No xorg.conf
>  file in use.
>
>
>  Suggestions welcomed.
>
>  Jon
>  --
>  Jon H. LaBadie                  jonfu(a)jgcomp.com
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