Re: Screen relics
On 05/05/12 02:13, Bret Busby wrote:
> On Fri, 4 May 2012, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>
>>
>> On 04/05/12 17:07, Bret Busby wrote:
>>> On Fri, 4 May 2012, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> And, Iceweasel (and it may have happened with the iceape browser; I am
>>>>> not sure - have not used it for a couple of weeks, now, I think) has a
>>>>> habit of leaving fragments of dialogue boxes on top of everything else
>>>>> on the desktop, hiding parts of the screen with the dialogue box
>>>>> fragments, which only disappear when I kill or crash iceweasel. The
>>>>> only
>>>>> thing that displays on top of the dialogue box fragments, is when I
>>>>> invoke the screensaver, which overwrites evrything on the screen (at
>>>>> least, for the present time)
>>>>>
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>>>
>>> lshw shows:
>>>
>>> "
>>> *-pci:0
>>> description: PCI bridge
>>> product: Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port
>>> vendor: Intel Corporation
<snipped>
>>> product: GT218 [GeForce 310]
>>> vendor: nVidia Corporation
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>>>
>>> Synaptic shows the GNOME version as 1:2.30+7
>>>
>>> The Iceweasel version shows as
>>>
>>> "
>>> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20120421
>>> Iceweasel/3.5.16 (like Firefox/3.5.16)
>>> "
>>>
>>> What other information is needed?
>>>
>> <snipped>
>>
>> Are you using any effects that require 3D?
>>
>
> No.
I take it that means "*absolutely no* desktop effects enabled" :-)
Any errors in /var/log/Xorg.0.log?
I'm not a GNOMEr, perhaps if you posted some a link to a site where
you've posted screen scrapes someone knowledgeable might be able to assist?
>
> --
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> West Australia
> ..............
>
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