Bug#350961: gnome-control-center: setting background image causes weirdness

[dann frazier]

Package: gnome-control-center
Version: 1:2.10.2-1
Severity: normal

Apologies in advance for probably choosing the wrong package, but I've really
no idea where this bug should be assigned.

On my ia64 box, when I try to set a background image, strangeness ensues.
An image of the gnome panel appears in the desktop (not a usable panel, just
the image), and attempts to manipulate windows below the panel fail, as if
they're not really there.

I've been using this background image for ages.
/usr/share/images/desktop-base/debblue-1600x1200.png, from desktop-base.
However, once day I rebooted and had to diable the background before the
system was usable.  What changed in that period?  Not really sure - I was
tracking sid.  Certainly xorg was upgraded, and portions of gnome as well.

I can't reproduce this on my x86 laptop.

I'll attach a link to a video of this issue once I get a bugid back.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: ia64
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-mckinley
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages gnome-control-center depends on:
ii  capplets-data          1:2.10.2-1        configuration applets for GNOME 2 
ii  desktop-file-utils     0.10-1            Utilities for .desktop files
ii  gnome-desktop-data     2.12.2-2          Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
ii  gnome-icon-theme       2.12.1-2          GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-menus            2.12.0-1          an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  libart-2.0-2           2.3.17-1          Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0            1.10.3-1          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0          0.2.6-6           Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libbonobo2-0           2.10.1-1          Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0         2.10.1-1          The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6.1                2.3.5-11          GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libesd-alsa0 [libesd0] 0.2.36-3          Enlightened Sound Daemon (ALSA) - 
ii  libfontconfig1         2.3.2-1.1         generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6           2.1.10-1          FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4            2.12.1-8          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11            1.2.2-1           LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0            1:2.5.1-2         library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.8.6-1           The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2     2.12.1-1          Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-keyring0      0.4.6-2           GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome-menu0         2.10.2-1          an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  libgnome2-0            2.12.0.1-2        The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0      2.12.0-2          A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0           2.12.0-1          The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0         2.10.1-5          The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnutls11            1.0.16-14         GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii  libgpg-error0          1.1-4             library for common error values an
ii  libgstreamer-plugins0. 0.8.11-3          Various GStreamer libraries and li
ii  libgstreamer0.8-0      0.8.11-3          Core GStreamer libraries, plugins,
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.8.10-1          The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62              6b-11             The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libmetacity0           1:2.12.2-3        Common library of lightweight GTK2
ii  liborbit2              1:2.12.4-1        libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.10.2-1          Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0               1.7-5             lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System Session Management
ii  libstartup-notificatio 0.8-1             library for program launch feedbac
ii  libtasn1-2             0.2.17-1          Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libx11-6               6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6               6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxft2                2.1.7-1           FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxinerama1           6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System multi-head display
ii  libxklavier10          2.0-0.3           X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxml2                2.6.23.dfsg.1-0.1 GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2             6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii  libxrender1            1:0.9.0.2-1       X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxss1                6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Screen Saver client-side library
ii  xlibs                  6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3-9         compression library - runtime

Versions of packages gnome-control-center recommends:
ii  gnome-session                 2.12.0-1   The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  gnome2-user-guide             2.8.1-2    GNOME 2 User's Guide

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