Re: Long standing Xfce desktop problem

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On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 17:33:09 -0400
Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I don't really know how to categorize this, so let me explain.  This 
> started a while back on my F22 system and is continuing on the F24
> system.
> 
> What I switch workspaces I often get a screen that looks something
> like a desktop snapshot.  It goes away when I move the mouse, kind of
> block by block.  An <alt-tab> to a different app on the switched-to
> workspace causes a complete repaint of the proper app and an
> <alt-tab> takes me back.
> 
> This has been a pain for some time.
> 
> Then I noticed that if Firefox was busy on one workspace, the one I
> was on would switch to this fake screenshot.  I would try and get
> back the active screen, but the screenshot keeps coming back until
> Firefox is done doing whatever it is doing (like reporting the
> progress of a file download).
> 
> Firefox seems to be really tied into this.  But what might be the 
> problem and how do I report this as a bug.  My weak search foo has
> not found any thing reported like this.
> 
> Guidance on resolving/reporting this is greatly appreciated.

Can you look at xfwm4-tweaks-settings -> Compositing

and see if enabling that "fixes" the issue? 

Or if it's enabled, you could try disabling it. It seems like a
compositor related bug to me. 

kevin

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