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"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.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Dunbal on Sunday March 26 2017, @10:10AM (4 children)
The defualt wallpaper
Could be damaging the keyboard too...
(Score: 3, Informative) by Gaaark on Sunday March 26 2017, @10:19AM (2 children)
My turtle is sloooooowly typing out his favourite Dr. Seuss story.... Imagine what an infinite number of these things could do!
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 3, Insightful) by art guerrilla on Sunday March 26 2017, @11:31AM
"Imagine what an infinite number of these things could do!"
...an infinite amount of turtle poo ? ? ?
(Score: 4, Funny) by Dunbal on Sunday March 26 2017, @12:07PM
Just make sure you stack the turtles vertically.
(Score: 1) by Soylentbob on Sunday March 26 2017, @02:48PM
The story damaged my keyboard as well. Don't drink and read, I guess. Especially the sweet, sticky coffee I drink is hard to remove from the screen and the keyboard-gaps.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 26 2017, @10:20AM (4 children)
How's that bug where all the Desktop icons are rearranged every time you login? I'm still laughing about that one. Ha ha... ha.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 26 2017, @06:41PM (3 children)
I like the one where Thunar crashes every 20 minutes. Ha ha ha! Good one guys.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 26 2017, @11:06PM (2 children)
When a counter reached 4,294,967,296 (seconds), Windoze would freeze. [google.com]
...of course, in order to experience this bug, your Windoze install would actually have to stay up for 49 days without a reboot.
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 27 2017, @05:26AM
Thunar crashing is scary.
Also "all the Desktop icons are rearranged every time you login" yeah some windoze builds have the same symptom...
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 27 2017, @08:24AM
Milliseconds.
4,294,967,296 seconds is 136 years.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Soylentbob on Sunday March 26 2017, @10:23AM (1 child)
This one should [xfce.org]
(Score: 2) by martyb on Sunday March 26 2017, @12:21PM
Thanks for pointing out there were broken links. The referenced page assumed that all, non-domain-containing links, were to https://bugzilla.xfce.org/. Updated story to explicitize the domain part of the URL. Also split story into Extended Copy area so as to not take over the entire front page. --martyb
Wit is intellect, dancing.
(Score: 2) by KritonK on Sunday March 26 2017, @11:10AM (3 children)
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!
(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.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Sunday March 26 2017, @02:52PM (1 child)
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.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 1) by nnet on Sunday March 26 2017, @03:29PM
what happens when you print a mouse img?
(Score: 2) by jmorris on Sunday March 26 2017, @03:48PM (3 children)
Methinks this post would have been better about a week from now.
(Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Sunday March 26 2017, @06:04PM (2 children)
Indeed, that was my first thought too.
What's next? A bug report submitted for a guy who likes to work with his office window open? "It turns out bees and other insects are known to be attracted to the bright colors of the default desktop wallpaper. Thus, I am confronted by insects buzzing around me constantly while I am trying to work! Needs critical fix now!!" Followed by replies like, "Uh... just close the damn window?!"
Of course, that could work into an April 1st story better -- for the ultimate proof that Linux is still too "buggy" for the desktop.... :)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 26 2017, @09:26PM (1 child)
Whoa there, no need to get drastic. A bug screen properly applied to the window should fix the problem while allowing proper ventilation to hit the workstation.
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Monday March 27 2017, @02:00AM
In /usr/include/X11/bitmaps/ you will find a selection: root_weave is strong, with a few small holes, whilst 2x2 is strong but has many large holes and 1x1 is delicate with many small holes.