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#1 2021-08-16 11:04:15

mykai
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Desktop gradients broken. Any way to fix?

Linux Mint 20 w/XFCE. Somehow I did something that broke the ability to use a gradient as a desktop background. No matter whether I choose vertical or horizontal it ignores the second color and acts as though I have it set to "solid color". I have full ability to change the second color, but doing so has no effect. Does anyone know what went wrong and how to fix this?

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#2 2021-08-16 11:26:21

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Re: Desktop gradients broken. Any way to fix?

For what it's worth, deleting my entire ~/.config/xfce4 folder and rebooting doesn't fix it.

edit: creating an entirely new user, rebooting, and then logging in as that user ALSO doesn't fix it, so it can't be related to anything in my user folder. I'm assuming that some of the things you can change in the settings panel(s) get saved in some kind of master 'system' prefs that apply to all users, which got corrupted when I did something. Does anyone know where those settings usually live so I can try and reset them?

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#3 2021-08-16 14:48:02

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Re: Desktop gradients broken. Any way to fix?

Hmm - it works in Xfce 4.16 for me. What version of Xfce and xfdesktop are being used by Mint 20?

Does anyone know where those settings usually live so I can try and reset them?

It would really depend on where Mint stores them. Generally it would be somewhere in the /etc/xdg folder/subfolders (Mint probably has its own set of default settings as well). Default settings are usually stored there (can also exist in /etc/skel).

The default settings are copied to the user ~/.config dir when a new user is set up.

Edit: Looks like Mint stores the default settings in /usr/share/mint-artwork/xfce (symbolic links in /etc/xdg to here).

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#4 2021-08-16 22:20:01

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Re: Desktop gradients broken. Any way to fix?

> Hmm - it works in Xfce 4.16 for me

Well I mean it *used* to work. And it still works if I boot from a liveCD. Obviously I broke something somewhere.

And I'm not looking for the "new user" defaults, but rather the custom system settings that are specific to the machine, assuming there is such a thing. Mint lets me change stuff like the login screen wallpaper and startup services and other stuff that isn't tied to any specific user. I don't know how much of that stuff is XFCE related or not.

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#5 2021-08-16 22:37:04

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Re: Desktop gradients broken. Any way to fix?

Check ~/.xsession-errors to see if there are any error messages. Also, try restarting xfdesktop:

pkill xfdesktop

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#6 2021-08-17 00:04:03

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Re: Desktop gradients broken. Any way to fix?

After more investigation this problem is caused by a recent update and is 100% reproducible.

Since this was mostly a throwaway dev machine I decided to just blow away it drive and reinstall from scratch.

1) Install Mint XFCE 20.02 from liveCD *without* an internet connection.
2) Don't run any apps or do anything, just immediately close out of the welcome app, right-click on the dekstop, turn off the wallpaper, and set the background to a vertical gradient with red on top and blue on bottom.
3) Connect to the net and install updates.
4) Reboot, log in.
5) Observe that the desktop is now solid red and the gradient settings are ignored.

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#7 2021-08-17 01:54:26

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Re: Desktop gradients broken. Any way to fix?

I downloaded Mint 20.02 and followed your steps, but unfortunately, my gradient backdrop settings continued to work properly,

Can you try the following? Before you run step #3, run the following command:

xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -lv > ~/xf1.out

...and at the end when the gradient disappears, run this command:

xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -lv > ~/xf2.out

Post back the contents of the xf1.out and xf2.out files. I wonder if something changed during the output that affected the way your devices are identified.

What king of video card do you have and which driver are you using?


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#8 2021-08-17 02:34:07

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Re: Desktop gradients broken. Any way to fix?

Do you want the entire output or just a diff?

Also FWIW, Mint comes with a "Timeshift" backup utility out of the box. If I make a snapshot before I run updates, and then roll back to it after, the ability to set gradients comes back with it, so it's 101% due to some file(s) changing somewhere as part of the update process.

As for video card, it appears to be an Intel GMA 4500MHD. I have no idea how to check what driver.

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#9 2021-08-17 02:43:42

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Re: Desktop gradients broken. Any way to fix?

The diff will be fine. I'm curious to see if something changed there. The outputs were identical for me.

An intel card is usually fine.


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#10 2021-08-17 02:52:58

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Re: Desktop gradients broken. Any way to fix?

Well, no luck there. I dumped it to three files: one before updates, one immediately after updates, and one after rebooting. diff says they're identical.

edit: I confirmed at against the liveCD too. If I boot into that and change the background from the default wallpaper to the red/blue gradient and dump that to a text file, diff also says it's identical with the three I made running off the internal drive.

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#11 2021-08-17 02:54:58

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Re: Desktop gradients broken. Any way to fix?

Contents of ~/.xsession-errors?

Also, output of:

xfdesktop -Q && xfdesktop -e

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#12 2021-08-17 03:08:19

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Re: Desktop gradients broken. Any way to fix?

Uhh, what's the character limit for posts on this forum? .xsession-errors is 106 lines and the other one spits out 42 lines before hanging and I have to ctrl-c.

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#13 2021-08-17 03:18:42

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Re: Desktop gradients broken. Any way to fix?

Well I guess I can just try anyway and see what happens.....

xsession errors

dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1001/bus
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DISPLAY=:1
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XAUTHORITY=/home/testuser/.Xauthority
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting SHELL=/bin/bash
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-xfce:/etc/xdg
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session1
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LANGUAGE=en_US
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DESKTOP_SESSION=xfce
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting PWD=/home/testuser
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=xfce
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LOGNAME=testuser
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1001/gnupg/S.gpg-agent:0:1
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XAUTHORITY=/home/testuser/.Xauthority
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_GREETER_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/lightdm-data/testuser
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GDM_LANG=en_US
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting HOME=/home/testuser
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting IM_CONFIG_PHASE=1
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LANG=en_US.UTF-8
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=XFCE
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting USER=testuser
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DISPLAY=:1
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting SHLVL=1
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1001
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GTK3_MODULES=xapp-gtk3-module
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share/xfce4:/home/testuser/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GDMSESSION=xfce
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1001/bus
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting _=/usr/bin/dbus-update-activation-environment
/usr/bin/iceauth:  creating new authority file /run/user/1001/ICEauthority
xfce4-session-Message: 23:04:05.094: SSH authentication agent is already running
gpg-agent: a gpg-agent is already running - not starting a new one

(xfsettingsd:2256): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 23:04:05.971: g_value_get_string: assertion 'G_VALUE_HOLDS_STRING (value)' failed

(xfsettingsd:2256): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 23:04:05.977: g_value_get_string: assertion 'G_VALUE_HOLDS_STRING (value)' failed

(xfsettingsd:2256): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 23:04:06.004: g_value_get_string: assertion 'G_VALUE_HOLDS_STRING (value)' failed

** (wrapper-2.0:2277): WARNING **: 23:04:07.677: No outputs have backlight property

(wrapper-2.0:2275): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 23:04:07.764: g_file_new_for_path: assertion 'path != NULL' failed

(wrapper-2.0:2275): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 23:04:07.769: g_file_monitor_file: assertion 'G_IS_FILE (file)' failed

(wrapper-2.0:2275): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 23:04:07.769: invalid (NULL) pointer instance

(wrapper-2.0:2275): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 23:04:07.769: g_signal_connect_data: assertion 'G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed

(wrapper-2.0:2275): Gtk-WARNING **: 23:04:07.769: Attempting to add a widget with type GtkToggleButton to a container of type XfcePanelPlugin, but the widget is already inside a container of type XfcePanelPlugin, please remove the widget from its existing container first.

(wrapper-2.0:2276): Gtk-WARNING **: 23:04:07.780: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to allocate widget with width -1 and height 30

(wrapper-2.0:2269): Gtk-WARNING **: 23:04:07.889: Negative content width -1 (allocation 1, extents 1x1) while allocating gadget (node button, owner GtkToggleButton)

(wrapper-2.0:2275): Gtk-WARNING **: 23:04:07.961: Negative content width -1 (allocation 1, extents 1x1) while allocating gadget (node button, owner GtkToggleButton)

(wrapper-2.0:2277): xfce4-power-manager-plugin-WARNING **: 23:04:08.089: Xfce4-power-manager: The panel plugin is present, so the tray icon gets disabled.

(wrapper-2.0:2277): Gtk-WARNING **: 23:04:08.421: Negative content width -1 (allocation 1, extents 1x1) while allocating gadget (node button, owner PowerManagerButton)

(wrapper-2.0:2278): Gtk-WARNING **: 23:04:08.586: Negative content width -1 (allocation 1, extents 1x1) while allocating gadget (node button, owner PulseaudioButton)

** (xiccd:2340): WARNING **: 23:04:08.850: EDID is empty

** (xfce4-volumed:2351): WARNING **: 23:04:08.973: Binding 'XF86AudioRaiseVolume' failed!

** (xfce4-volumed:2351): WARNING **: 23:04:09.009: Binding 'XF86AudioLowerVolume' failed!

** (xfce4-volumed:2351): WARNING **: 23:04:09.031: Binding 'XF86AudioMute' failed!

(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2335): GLib-CRITICAL **: 23:04:09.402: g_variant_new_string: assertion 'string != NULL' failed

(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2335): polkit-gnome-1-WARNING **: 23:04:09.414: Failed to register client: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files

** (xfce4-power-manager:2338): WARNING **: 23:04:09.578: Failed to get name owner: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Could not get owner of name 'org.freedesktop.PowerManagement': no such name


** (xfce4-power-manager:2338): WARNING **: 23:04:09.582: Failed to get name owner: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Could not get owner of name 'org.xfce.PowerManager': no such name


(xfce4-power-manager:2338): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 23:04:09.882: ../../../gobject/gsignal.c:2618: signal 'Changed' is invalid for instance '0x55f6fc1aa0d0' of type 'GDBusProxy'

(xfce4-power-manager:2338): xfce4-power-manager-WARNING **: 23:04:10.753: could not map keysym 1008ffa8 to keycode


** (xfce4-power-manager:2338): WARNING **: 23:04:10.817: No outputs have backlight property
xfce4-power-manager-Message: 23:04:11.159: Set kernel brightness switch to 0

(xfce4-power-manager:2338): xfce4-power-manager-WARNING **: 23:04:11.198: Failed to get keyboard max brightness level : GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No such interface “org.freedesktop.UPower.KbdBacklight” on object at path /org/freedesktop/UPower/KbdBacklight
mintUpdate(1202): Operation not permitted

(xfdesktop-settings:2530): Gtk-WARNING **: 23:04:26.371: Content added to the action area of a dialog using header bars

(xfdesktop-settings:2530): Gtk-WARNING **: 23:04:26.373: Content added to the action area of a dialog using header bars

(xfdesktop-settings:2647): Gtk-WARNING **: 23:05:16.775: Content added to the action area of a dialog using header bars

(xfdesktop-settings:2647): Gtk-WARNING **: 23:05:16.776: Content added to the action area of a dialog using header bars

xfdesktop

DBG[xfdesktop-common.c:324] xfdesktop_debug_set(): debugging enabled
DBG[xfdesktop-application.c:588] cb_wait_for_window_manager_destroyed(): found window manager after 1 tries
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:1779] xfce_desktop_set_single_workspace_mode(): single_workspace_mode now TRUE
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:211] xfce_desktop_ensure_system_font_size(): dividing by PANGO_SCALE
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:214] xfce_desktop_ensure_system_font_size(): system font size is 10.00000
DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:2049] xfdesktop_icon_view_style_updated(): cell spacing is 2
DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:2050] xfdesktop_icon_view_style_updated(): cell padding is 6
DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:2051] xfdesktop_icon_view_style_updated(): cell text width proportion is 1.900000
DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:2052] xfdesktop_icon_view_style_updated(): ellipsize icon label is true
DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:2053] xfdesktop_icon_view_style_updated(): tooltip size is -1
DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:2054] xfdesktop_icon_view_style_updated(): label radius is 4.000000
DBG[xfdesktop-thumbnailer.c:310] xfdesktop_thumbnailer_queue_thumbnail(): file: /home/testuser not supported
DBG[xfdesktop-file-icon-manager.c:2293] xfdesktop_file_icon_manager_add_icon(): attempting to set icon 'Home' to position (0,0) [location in cache]
DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:2808] xfdesktop_setup_grids(): CELL_SIZE=103.200, TEXT_WIDTH=91.200, ICON_SIZE=48
DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:2809] xfdesktop_setup_grids(): grid size is 7x12
DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:2822] xfdesktop_setup_grids(): created grid_layout with 84 positions
DBG[xfce-workspace.c:329] xfce_workspace_monitors_changed(): Adding workspace 0 backdrop 0
DBG[xfce-workspace.c:630] xfce_workspace_connect_backdrop_settings(): prefix string: /backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS-1/workspace0/
DBG[xfce-workspace.c:329] xfce_workspace_monitors_changed(): Adding workspace 1 backdrop 0
DBG[xfce-workspace.c:630] xfce_workspace_connect_backdrop_settings(): prefix string: /backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS-1/workspace1/
DBG[xfce-workspace.c:329] xfce_workspace_monitors_changed(): Adding workspace 2 backdrop 0
DBG[xfce-workspace.c:630] xfce_workspace_connect_backdrop_settings(): prefix string: /backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS-1/workspace2/
DBG[xfce-workspace.c:329] xfce_workspace_monitors_changed(): Adding workspace 3 backdrop 0
DBG[xfce-workspace.c:630] xfce_workspace_connect_backdrop_settings(): prefix string: /backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS-1/workspace3/
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:1543] xfce_desktop_get_current_workspace(): workspace_num 0, single_workspace_num 0, current_workspace 0, max workspaces 4
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:757] workspace_changed_cb(): current_workspace 0, new_workspace 0
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:1543] xfce_desktop_get_current_workspace(): workspace_num 0, single_workspace_num 0, current_workspace 0, max workspaces 4
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:1543] xfce_desktop_get_current_workspace(): workspace_num 0, single_workspace_num 0, current_workspace 0, max workspaces 4
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:536] backdrop_changed_cb(): monitor x 0, y 0, width 1280, height 800
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:1543] xfce_desktop_get_current_workspace(): workspace_num 0, single_workspace_num 0, current_workspace 0, max workspaces 4
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:1543] xfce_desktop_get_current_workspace(): workspace_num 0, single_workspace_num 0, current_workspace 0, max workspaces 4
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:1543] xfce_desktop_get_current_workspace(): workspace_num 0, single_workspace_num 0, current_workspace 0, max workspaces 4
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:1543] xfce_desktop_get_current_workspace(): workspace_num 0, single_workspace_num 0, current_workspace 0, max workspaces 4
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:536] backdrop_changed_cb(): monitor x 0, y 0, width 1280, height 800
DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:2049] xfdesktop_icon_view_style_updated(): cell spacing is 2
DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:2050] xfdesktop_icon_view_style_updated(): cell padding is 6
DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:2051] xfdesktop_icon_view_style_updated(): cell text width proportion is 1.900000
DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:2052] xfdesktop_icon_view_style_updated(): ellipsize icon label is true
DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:2053] xfdesktop_icon_view_style_updated(): tooltip size is -1
DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:2054] xfdesktop_icon_view_style_updated(): label radius is 4.000000
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:211] xfce_desktop_ensure_system_font_size(): dividing by PANGO_SCALE
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:214] xfce_desktop_ensure_system_font_size(): system font size is 10.00000

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#14 2021-08-17 03:20:37

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Re: Desktop gradients broken. Any way to fix?

These are the post-updates output btw. I'm assuming you wanted that and not the pre-updates versions.

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#15 2021-08-17 10:41:06

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Re: Desktop gradients broken. Any way to fix?

mykai wrote:

These are the post-updates output btw. I'm assuming you wanted that and not the pre-updates versions.

Yes thanks, but unfortunately there is nothing in either of those log file to indicate what might be wrong. Can you also post back the results of the following three commands:

xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -lv
xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -p $(xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -lv | grep rgba1 | awk '{print $1}')
xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -p $(xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -lv | grep rgba2 | awk '{print $1}')

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#16 2021-08-17 14:50:13

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Re: Desktop gradients broken. Any way to fix?

/backdrop/screen0/monitor0/brightness                   0
/backdrop/screen0/monitor0/image-path                   /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops/linuxmint.jpg
/backdrop/screen0/monitor0/last-image                   /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops/linuxmint.jpg
/backdrop/screen0/monitor0/last-single-image            /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops/linuxmint.jpg
/backdrop/screen0/monitor1/brightness                   0
/backdrop/screen0/monitor1/image-path                   /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops/linuxmint.jpg
/backdrop/screen0/monitor1/last-image                   /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops/linuxmint.jpg
/backdrop/screen0/monitor1/last-single-image            /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops/linuxmint.jpg
/backdrop/screen0/monitor2/brightness                   0
/backdrop/screen0/monitor2/image-path                   /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops/linuxmint.jpg
/backdrop/screen0/monitor2/last-image                   /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops/linuxmint.jpg
/backdrop/screen0/monitor2/last-single-image            /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops/linuxmint.jpg
/backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS-1/workspace0/color-style  2
/backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS-1/workspace0/image-style  0
/backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS-1/workspace0/last-image   /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops/linuxmint.jpg
/backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS-1/workspace0/rgba1        <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS-1/workspace0/rgba2        <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS-1/workspace1/color-style  0
/backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS-1/workspace1/image-style  5
/backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS-1/workspace1/last-image   /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops/linuxmint.jpg
/backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS-1/workspace2/color-style  0
/backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS-1/workspace2/image-style  5
/backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS-1/workspace2/last-image   /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops/linuxmint.jpg
/backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS-1/workspace3/color-style  0
/backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS-1/workspace3/image-style  5
/backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS-1/workspace3/last-image   /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops/linuxmint.jpg
/desktop-icons/file-icons/show-filesystem               false
/desktop-icons/file-icons/show-home                     true
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/desktop-icons/show-thumbnails                          true
/desktop-icons/show-tooltips                            true
/desktop-icons/tooltip-size                             48.000000
/desktop-icons/use-custom-font-size                     true
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/last/window-width                                      625
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Value is an array with 4 items:

0.203922
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#17 2021-08-17 15:07:26

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Re: Desktop gradients broken. Any way to fix?

I'm at a loss to explain why you are seeing what you see. All the information you've provided looks good. Unfortunately, I can't replicate the problem here and I'm not sure what else to recommend. You could create a bug report, but there is a high probability that the developer won't be able to replicate it either.


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#18 2021-08-17 16:32:05

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Re: Desktop gradients broken. Any way to fix?

Well, whatever it it, it's clearly caused by a system update. Something changed between what's on the Mint 20 installer image and what's current now. Can you think of any easy way to try and narrow down which package(s) might be the issue? I'm not keen on installing a million updates one by one and rebooting after each, that'll take a week.

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#19 2021-08-17 16:36:16

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Re: Desktop gradients broken. Any way to fix?

Also, what are you using to test this on your end? A VM? I'm doing this on bare metal and maybe the problem doesn't show up in the synthetic environment of a VM.

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#20 2021-08-17 16:39:51

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Re: Desktop gradients broken. Any way to fix?

mykai wrote:

Also, what are you using to test this on your end? A VM? I'm doing this on bare metal and maybe the problem doesn't show up in the synthetic environment of a VM.

Yes, I'm testing on a VM. Maybe the first step is to create a bug report with Mint to see if they can help narrow down the cause?


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#21 2021-08-17 16:51:39

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Re: Desktop gradients broken. Any way to fix?

FWIW the machine in question is an Intel 64 bit (amd64). I'm assuming that's the default for VMs these days.

In my experience the Mint community is rather unhelpful bordering on toxic.... every time I've ever gone to their forums and asked for help I've always been either completely shit on or outright ignored no matter the question. I guess I can file a bug but I'm not even sure how to do that and I have a feeling they probably won't care.

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#22 2021-08-18 02:11:52

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Re: Desktop gradients broken. Any way to fix?

So it turns out this was due to a mesa update from some time in late July or early August, and it seems to only affect older Intel machines which is why you weren't seeing it in a VM.

Now I have to decide if the known bugs in the current mesa version outweigh whatever bugs were in the older version....

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#23 2021-08-18 02:22:28

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Re: Desktop gradients broken. Any way to fix?

Interesting. Thanks for posting back your findings - this was a strange one.


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