Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 977858
gnome classic has solid white wallpaper
Last modified: 2013-06-26 11:00:16 EDT
Description of problem: The Gnome Classic session has a solid white wallpaper. Choosing a new wallpaper from the Control Center has no effect. However, opening the Overview shows the correct wallpaper! But then returning to the application brings back the solid white wallpaper. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-classic-session-3.8.3-2.fc19.noarch gnome-session-3.8.2.1-2.fc19.x86_64 gnome-shell-3.8.3-2.fc19.x86_64 How reproducible: unknown Steps to Reproduce: 1. login with Gnome Classic session Actual results: solid white background for wallpaper Expected results: normal wallpaper Additional info: I thought this was due to bug 975521 but I've updated my glib2 package and started with a fresh dconf database and the wallpaper is still white.
Created attachment 765090 [details] gnome classic with solid white wallpaper
Created attachment 765092 [details] gnome classic overview shows the correct wallpaper
Please create a new user, login and check to make sure this isn't some local configuration issue.
Ok, it is a config issue with my account: the new user can change wallpaper just fine. I'll report back if/when I discover the root cause.
The problem was I had created a symlink for gtk3 themes $HOME/.config/gtk-3.0 -> /usr/share/themes/Radiance/gtk-3.0 This was to make gtk3 apps like nm-applet and Gnome Boxes look nice under Xfce. The Adwaita theme looks terrible under Xfce, see bug 963324 I guess I'll need to find a new workaround for gtk3 themes when switching between Xfce and Gnome and KDE...