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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday March 26 2017, @09:57AM   Printer-friendly
from the turn-it-off-and-back-on dept.

"Critical" alert for the many XFCE users here; Bug #12117:

Bug 12117
Summary: The default desktop startup screen causes damage to monitor!
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Xfdesktop
Component: General (show other bugs)
Version: Unspecified
Hardware: PC (x86_64) Linux
Importance: Very High critical
Target Milestone: Xfce 4.14
Assignee: Eric Koegel
QA Contact: Brian J. Tarricone (not reading bugmail)

SanjaytheToilet 2015-08-04 04:47:08 CEST Description
The defualt wallpaper is having my animal scritch all the plastic off my LED MONITOR! Can we choose a different wallpaper? I cannot expect the scratches and whu not? Let's end the mouse games over here.

SanjaytheToilet 2015-08-04 04:48:11 CEST Comment 1
Created attachment 6403 [details]
Cat

Andrzej 2015-08-04 21:33:18 CEST Comment 2
Have you tried a default wallpaper from Xubuntu 15.04:

http://xubuntu.org/screenshots/

I wonder if that fixes the problem.

Alexander 2015-08-05 12:57:11 CEST Comment 3
Can't reproduce this bug, my cat is absolutely indifferent about it. What monitor do you use? Have you tried reporting the bug upstream at the cat vendor?

Rural Juror 2015-08-07 13:22:37 CEST Comment 4
Created attachment 6404 [details]

fix for cat's curiosity

Steps to reproduce?
1. Start Xfce, using the default mouse wallpaper
2. Leave the computer with the screen turned on and a cat in the same room

Expected results:
- The cat keeps sleeping

Actual results:
- The cat scratches the screen

Here's a potential patch, but I can't test it since I don't have the required hardware (cat).

poma 2015-08-19 20:05:28 CEST Comment 5
Upgrade to Cat 6.

Adam 2017-03-22 06:40:20 CET Comment 6
Bug was able to be reproduced, although inconsistently. Workaround not yet shown to be effective. Will require further observation and logging.

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/60rzjn/my_cat_was_fooled_by_xfce/

Bahamamama 2017-03-23 22:02:44 CET Comment 7
The suggested patch is causing a re-aggression.
I don't have a cat, but I applied the patch and now my computer is dead. I have a dog.


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  • (Score: 2) by KritonK on Sunday March 26 2017, @11:10AM (3 children)

    by KritonK (465) on Sunday March 26 2017, @11:10AM (#484326)

    My cat is fascinated by my DVD player's screen saver, which consists of a bouncing logo against a dark background. He follows the logo's movements, and a couple of times has tried to grab it!

    It's a good thing that, when I was using XFCE, I used my distribution's default background instead of the XFCE default!

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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday March 26 2017, @11:44AM (2 children)

    Mine have always been more fascinated by the tray. Eject/close it with the remote as they walk by and they spend the next several minutes alternately investigating and jumping backwards.

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    My rights don't end where your fear begins.
    • (Score: 2) by Snotnose on Sunday March 26 2017, @02:52PM (1 child)

      by Snotnose (1623) on Sunday March 26 2017, @02:52PM (#484367)

      Mine loves the printer. When I turn it on she runs over to the closest chair, sits, and stares at it. She's really fascinated when I actually print something.

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      Why shouldn't we judge a book by it's cover? It's got the author, title, and a summary of what the book's about.
      • (Score: 1) by nnet on Sunday March 26 2017, @03:29PM

        by nnet (5716) on Sunday March 26 2017, @03:29PM (#484372)

        what happens when you print a mouse img?