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Bug 761598 - Strange dimming effect when setting sRGB image as desktop background image and activating desktop icons
Strange dimming effect when setting sRGB image as desktop background image an...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: background
3.18.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2016-02-05 15:27 UTC by Inactive account
Modified: 2017-05-18 17:52 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 3.17/3.18



Description Inactive account 2016-02-05 15:27:43 UTC
I have recently noticed that when setting sRGB images as the desktop image, and having the desktop icons active (gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons true) that there is a strange dimming effect, so I turn my machine on, log on, and then I see my image normally for a few seconds, then suddenly it is dimmed and stays like that, there are only a few seconds on login that I can then see it normally for.

But I find that if I set desktop icons to inactive (gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons false) that the problem goes away until I reactivate them, in which case the immediate moment that I turn them back on in the settings the desktop image dims.

I initially filed a bug report on this issue here, but though I should also do so upstream: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1495479

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OS Information:

    No LSB modules are available.
    Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
    Description:	Ubuntu 15.10
    Release:	15.10
    Codename:	wily
    Flavour: GNOME
    GNOME Version: 3.18
Comment 1 Inactive account 2017-05-18 17:52:23 UTC
I am unable to reproduce this issue on Arch Linux with GNOME 3.24.2.