Bug#431743: xbase-clients: [xsetroot] new background only seen after a window goes over it
Leandro Penz wrote:
> After a xsetroot -solid white, the background stays the same. Only after passing
> a window over it, it is redrawn with the correct color.
>
> Marked as serious because I think root-tail is not working because of a common
> problem (bug #429609).
>
> Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the latest X in lenny has all
> extensions enabled by default. Which extension should be disabled for this to
> work, and how do I do it?
>
> I have already
> Section "Extensions"
> Option "Composite" "Disable"
> Option "DAMAGE" "Disable"
> EndSection
> ... in my xorg.conf, but it still does not work.
>
I am not aware of any new extension being enabled by default in the new
server. If I remember correctly, DAMAGE has been enabled by default for
a long time, and Composite is still not enabled by default in Lenny.
When did this bug appear? Could you try downgrading some packages to
Etch? I would start with xserver-xorg-core, then drivers, then libs. Can
you reproduce this on multiple machines with different boards?
Brice
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