white window overlaying desktop
I finally bit the bullet, and installed the three gnome ppas, after having nothing but problems on previous installs. This time everything seems to be working OK, except that I have a white window overlaying the desktop. During boot up, after logging in I can see the desktop background I chose before setting up the ppas, but just before the top panel shows, I can see the window open, and completely cover the desktop.
Has anyone else run into this, and if so what did you do to solve the problem?
Re: white window overlaying desktop
You need to disable fm handling the Desktop, what you're seeing is an empty Desktop folder as the background
Code:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons false
Re: white window overlaying desktop
Quote:
Originally Posted by
mc4man
You need to disable fm handling the Desktop, what you're seeing is an empty Desktop folder as the background
Code:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons false
Should be reported as a bug, as its not easy to find the solution, and has nothing related to "show-desktop-icons"
Re: white window overlaying desktop
Quote:
Originally Posted by
dino99
Should be reported as a bug, as its not easy to find the solution, and has nothing related to "show-desktop-icons"
Don't think it's a bug, it seems many are installing Ubuntu then dist-upgrading to the gnome3 ppa(s).
In that case ubuntu-settings is installed & show-desktop-icons true is set as default.
I'd suspect that if one used the gnome image that this wouldn't be an issue.
Can be seen if one removes ubuntu-settings or edits /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/10_ubuntu-settings.gschema.override changing key to false, then compiling glib-2.0 schemas. If a new user account is then created it will get a desktop background, which one depends on whether removing ubuntu-settings or editing the .override
Re: white window overlaying desktop
This is really weird, I don't have ubuntu-settings installed, I have desktop-show-icons set to false, and creating a new user, has the same problem.
This is a gnome install using the Ubuntu Gnome iso, with just normal updates, and then the ppas added
Re: white window overlaying desktop
Quote:
Originally Posted by
cariboo907
This is really weird, I don't have ubuntu-settings installed, I have desktop-show-icons set to false, and creating a new user, has the same problem.
This is a gnome install using the Ubuntu Gnome iso, with just normal updates, and then the ppas added
will have to give that a try later (if you don't figure out why.
To ck. if you're seeing the Desktop folder is simple, open nautilus > Desktop & add something to the folder. Then log out/in, if what you added is now in your Bg then that's what you are getting.
Can you change to a normal Bg?
edit: did you do a dist-upgrade after adding ppa(s)?
Re: white window overlaying desktop
I too have been having the white background in gnome shell from the gnome 3 ppa . used gnome-tweak-tool to turn off have file manager handle desktop there and got the normal background back . when I invoked from term I got this ,
Code:
INFO : GSettings missing key org.gnome.nautilus.desktop (key computer-icon-visible)
. maybe some missing settings are causing the problem .
Re: white window overlaying desktop
@ cariboo907
What does
Code:
nautilus --version
gnome-shell --version
gdm --version
give you ?
Just to check if you have conflicting packages like I did.
Mine are:
Code:
GNOME nautilus 3.8.0
GNOME Shell 3.8.0.1
GDM 3.8.0
Re: white window overlaying desktop
@ Stinger . I'm showing the same versions as you are .
Re: white window overlaying desktop
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Stinger
@ cariboo907
What does
Code:
nautilus --version
gnome-shell --version
gdm --version
give you ?
Just to check if you have conflicting packages like I did.
Mine are:
Code:
GNOME nautilus 3.8.0
GNOME Shell 3.8.0.1
GDM 3.8.0
My versions are
- GNOME nautilus 3.8.0
- GNOME Shell 3.8.0.1
- GDM 3.8.0
I tried ronacc's suggestion to use tweak tool to unset the file manager managing he desktop, then setting it. When I let nautilus manage the desktop, I see the files I placed in the desktop folder on the desktop. I tried different backgrounds, and the only one that seems to work is /usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/blinds.jpg, if I select anything else, I get the white background. If I use something from my pictures directory, that also works, so I'm going to assume that most of the background files are somehow corrupted. I'll reinstall gnome-backgrounds, and see what happens.
Update: I cleaned out the archived packages, and reinstalled gnome-backgrounds, and blinds.jpg, is still the only included background that works. I guess I'll use it or something from my pictures directory, until I do a fresh install at the end of the month. Thanks everyone for all the help.