artifacts when hiding panel

paolo321 · 2012-03-06 11:08:50

I'm using xfce 4.8 on xubuntu oneiric; I created an autohide panel, when it gets hidden it creates a small artifacts on the line representing the hidden panel, a black angled line of a couple of pixels width.

Not a big problem obviously, just wanted to ask if somebody else has artifacts like this, and if this is related to some graphics bug I can fix...

angstrom · 2012-03-06 13:05:41

Yes it's normal to have that line.
I saw some discussion on mailing list or on wiki or on the forum about removing it totally and there is some reason that the line is there.

paolo321 · 2012-03-06 13:59:15

Ok, my first post was unclear :-)
I see a slim line, and this is correct, I've seen those discussions... But the line is, let suppose, light grey, as my theme specify for panels.
Well, in that light grey line I see some artifacts, some black pixels near a corner , those pixels should be light grey like the rest of my panel... Then they disappear when panel is shown, and reappear when panel is hidden again.

It's a minor cosmetic issue, but on a light background they're quite visible, and I was already crying "sigh, there are dead pixels on my lcd" :-)

EDIT: it happens in a vm too, so it should not be hardware-related... BTW, xfce4-panel version is 4.8.6

Last edited by paolo321 (2012-03-06 17:21:48)

paolo321 · 2012-03-08 15:53:52

I tried to install Xubuntu 12.04 beta1 , and problem is still there; but doing all the updates proposed after the install, problem disappear.
During that update xfdesktop has been updated, and I think it could be related to this.
So problem has someway been fixed, but I don't know how :-)

Last edited by paolo321 (2012-03-08 15:58:50)

lifeinthegrey · 2012-03-08 18:30:17

paolo321 wrote:

I tried to install Xubuntu 12.04 beta1 , and problem is still there; but doing all the updates proposed after the install, problem disappear.
During that update xfdesktop has been updated, and I think it could be related to this.
So problem has someway been fixed, but I don't know how :-)

What version of xfdesktop are you running now?

paolo321 · 2012-03-09 08:51:55

xubuntu precise:
xfce4-panel 4.8.6
xfdesktop 4.8.3 built with gtk+ 2.24.10

on my desktop (oneiric) I have the same versions, but "built with gtk+ 2.24.6" ...

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