Two more tests. 1) I created an /usr/share/xsessions/xterm session that just ran xterm. At that xterm, I ran metacity. It cleared the wallpaper. I don't think it should have cleared it at that point. I killed metacity and the wallpaper was restored.
2) I created a /usr/local/bin/metacity wrapper, with the following contents: #!/bin/sh exec metacity --no-composite "$@" With this wrapper the problem was completely solved, i.e. the background was never cleared during the login process. So maybe the problem is that metacity by default does compositing, and that it initializes its "wallpaper" with a gray color instead of reading the root window contents? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1563735 Title: Recent gnome-flashback clears the background on login To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-flashback/+bug/1563735/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
