Whole areas from windows and panel disapear

brun.set · 2019-10-14 13:41:59

Whole areas from windows and panel disappear.
Take a look at the pictures , especially the second one.
I'm using Linuxmint 19.2 xfce on laptop HP.250.G7 display 1920x1080

Here some info about the machine:

System:    Host: XXXX Kernel: 4.15.0-65-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.4.0 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 Distro: Linux Mint 19.2 Tina base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic 

Machine:   Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP 250 G7 Notebook PC v: Type1ProductConfigId 
           serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: HP model: 84AA v: 82.41 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde v: F.19 
           date: 05/06/2019 

CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Celeron N4000 bits: 64 type: MCP 
           arch: Goldmont Plus rev: 1 L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 4377 
           Speed: 1617 MHz min/max: 800/2600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1211 2: 1173 

Graphics:  Device-1: Intel vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
           Display: server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: intel resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel UHD Graphics 600 (Geminilake 2x6) 
           v: 4.5 Mesa 19.0.8 direct render: Yes

Last edited by brun.set (2019-10-15 20:31:23)

ToZ · 2019-10-14 14:20:27

Hello and welcome.

Does this happen with all apps or only some?

There should be two log files that would be interesting to look at. The first is ~/.xsession-errors. Can you please post back the content of this file after the issues occurs.

The second is your Xorg.0.log file (might be located in /var/log or ~/.local/share/xorg. Post the contents of this file back after the issue occurs as well.

And finally, your xfwm4 settings:

xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -lv

brun.set · 2019-10-15 13:27:36

ToZ wrote:

Hello and welcome.
Does this happen with all apps or only some?
There should be two log files that would be interesting to look at. The first is ~/.xsession-errors. Can you please post back the content of this file after the issues occurs.
The second is your Xorg.0.log file (might be located in /var/log or ~/.local/share/xorg. Post the contents of this file back after the issue occurs as well.
And finally, your xfwm4 settings:
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -lv

It happens mostly on panel (in this case it is a deskbar ) . The icons disappear and the panel on this areas becomes transparent .
When i push the "show desktop button" or minimize/maximize some windows the problem disappears usually , but not entirely .
After some time (it may be few minutes or few hours) the problem occurs again.
I made the screenshots some couple of weeks ago and i dont know if the files you requested ( xsession-errors and Xorg.0.log )are relevant .
but i cant post them or send them as .zip , (say where).
And here is xfconf-query:

xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -lv

/general/activate_action                 bring
/general/borderless_maximize             true
/general/box_move                        false
/general/box_resize                      false
/general/button_layout                   |SHMC
/general/button_offset                   0
/general/button_spacing                  0
/general/click_to_focus                  true
/general/cycle_apps_only                 false
/general/cycle_draw_frame                true
/general/cycle_hidden                    true
/general/cycle_minimum                   true
/general/cycle_preview                   true
/general/cycle_tabwin_mode               0
/general/cycle_workspaces                false
/general/double_click_action             maximize
/general/double_click_distance           5
/general/double_click_time               250
/general/easy_click                      Alt
/general/focus_delay                     250
/general/focus_hint                      true
/general/focus_new                       true
/general/frame_opacity                   100
/general/full_width_title                true
/general/horiz_scroll_opacity            false
/general/inactive_opacity                100
/general/margin_bottom                   0
/general/margin_left                     0
/general/margin_right                    0
/general/margin_top                      0
/general/maximized_offset                0
/general/mousewheel_rollup               true
/general/move_opacity                    100
/general/placement_mode                  center
/general/placement_ratio                 20
/general/popup_opacity                   100
/general/prevent_focus_stealing          false
/general/raise_delay                     250
/general/raise_on_click                  true
/general/raise_on_focus                  false
/general/raise_with_any_button           true
/general/repeat_urgent_blink             false
/general/resize_opacity                  100
/general/restore_on_move                 true
/general/scroll_workspaces               false
/general/shadow_delta_height             0
/general/shadow_delta_width              0
/general/shadow_delta_x                  0
/general/shadow_delta_y                  -3
/general/shadow_opacity                  50
/general/show_app_icon                   false
/general/show_dock_shadow                false
/general/show_frame_shadow               true
/general/show_popup_shadow               true
/general/snap_resist                     false
/general/snap_to_border                  true
/general/snap_to_windows                 true
/general/snap_width                      10
/general/sync_to_vblank                  true
/general/theme                           Default
/general/tile_on_move                    true
/general/title_alignment                 left
/general/title_font                      FreeSans Semi-Bold 14
/general/title_horizontal_offset         0
/general/titleless_maximize              false
/general/title_shadow_active             false
/general/title_shadow_inactive           false
/general/title_vertical_offset_active    0
/general/title_vertical_offset_inactive  0
/general/toggle_workspaces               false
/general/unredirect_overlays             true
/general/urgent_blink                    false
/general/use_compositing                 true
/general/workspace_count                 2
/general/workspace_names                 <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/general/wrap_cycle                      true
/general/wrap_layout                     true
/general/wrap_resistance                 10
/general/wrap_windows                    false
/general/wrap_workspaces                 false
/general/zoom_desktop                    true

ToZ: added code tags

ToZ · 2019-10-15 14:20:15

I've added code tags to your previous output - it's easier to read. Click on the "BBCode" link below to get more information on how to use code tags.

As for the Xorg.0.log file and the .xsession-errors file, feel free to upload them to a file paste site like pastebin.com and post back the link to your output, or just paste it into your reply inside code tags.

Also, what version of xfce4-panel are you running:

xfce4-panel -V

which specific plugins are affected, and which GTK (Appearance) theme are you using?

brun.set · 2019-10-15 16:10:47

Panel version:

xfce4-panel 4.12.2 (Xfce 4.12)

A little bit latter ill send the files

brun.set · 2019-10-15 17:41:36

Xorg.0.log

xsessions-errors

Last edited by brun.set (2019-10-15 17:44:13)

ToZ · 2019-10-15 19:36:21

I'm wondering whether this is an issue with the video driver. Have you tried the modesetting driver for your intel card and if so, have you noticed a difference?

It's been a while since I've been on an ubuntu system - did you specify through an xorg config file to use the intel driver? Does Mint use the modesetting driver as default now?

brun.set · 2019-10-15 20:26:45

I have problems with tearing . They are solved as follows :

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf

Section "Device"
       Identifier  "Intel Graphics"
       Driver   "intel"
       Option  "AccelMethod"  "sna"
       Option  "DRI"  "3"
       Option  "TearFree"  "true"
EndSection

But i am not sure if this is the problem , because i use the same method on my home
desktop computer and i never had such a problem . Here some info about the desktop comp.
it's an older machine

System:    Host: venco Kernel: 4.15.0-54-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.4.0 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 Distro: Linux Mint 19.2 Tina base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ECS model: G41T-R3 v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
           BIOS: American Megatrends v: 080015 date: 04/07/2010 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Pentium E5700 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn rev: A 
           L2 cache: 2048 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 11969 
           Speed: 1330 MHz min/max: 1203/3003 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1197 2: 1197 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel 4 Series Integrated Graphics vendor: Elite Systems driver: i915 
           v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: intel resolution: 1680x1050~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel G41 v: 2.1 Mesa 19.0.8 direct render: Yes

Last edited by brun.set (2019-10-15 20:28:54)

ToZ · 2019-10-15 23:17:01

If you remove the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf file and restart, (keeping in mind that you do get tearing problems) does the other problem go away?

If so, put the file back and try with AccelMethod set to "uxa" and see if it solves both the tearing and transparency issue.

brun.set · 2019-10-16 15:13:41

I didn't toy with the drivers yet , but while customizing the desktop appearance of fonts in the settings the problem occurred again.
Like the previous time i was changing the dpi , fonts size , and hinting - that was the first time some elements on the panel disappeared
The second time i was changing the panel backgrounds to different solid colours with transparency and that's when the whole panel vanished - pic. 3

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Whole areas from windows and panel disapear

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