After updating gnome-shell to 3.10.4-r1 (from 3.10.4) I started to get a black background after logging in to my user account. I can see the correct background image in the individual virtual desktops in the shell overview (after hitting the Super key), but the main desktop background remains black. Logging off and back on sometimes fixes the issue. Downgrading to gnome-shell-3.10.4 fixes the issue (no black background after many logins). I've further narrowed the problem to this patch that was added in 3.10.4-r1: # Fix background glitches with multiple monitors, from 3.11, bug #504530 epatch "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-3.10.4-fix-background-manager.patch" Undoing this patch fixes the issue as well. Graphics card is nVidia GTX 570 with nvidia-drivers-334.21-r1. emerge --info: Portage 2.2.8-r1 (default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/gnome, gcc-4.8.2, glibc-2.18-r1, 3.13.6-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.13.6-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7_CPU_950_@_3.07GHz-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 12281280 total, 1565824 free KiB Swap: 16787888 total, 16781624 free Timestamp of tree: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 17:45:01 +0000 ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.24 distcc 3.1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [disabled] app-shells/bash: 4.2_p45-r1 dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0 dev-lang/python: 2.7.6, 3.3.4 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.12.2 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2 sys-apps/openrc: 0.12.4 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 1.10.3, 1.11.6, 1.14.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.24-r2 sys-devel/gcc: 4.7.3-r1, 4.8.2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.8 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.2 sys-devel/make: 4.0-r1 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.13 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.18-r1 Repositories: gentoo vmware mrpdaemon steam-overlay sunrise r3pek megacoffee Mark-s-local-portage-overlay ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=native -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/maven-bin-3.1/conf" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs buildpkg config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.usu.edu/mirrors/gentoo/ http://gentoo.llarian.net/ http://gentoo.mirrors.easynews.com/linux/gentoo/ http://gentoo.gossamerhost.com http://gentoo.mirrors.hoobly.com/" LANG="en_US.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j9 -l9" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/lib/layman/vmware /var/lib/layman/mrpdaemon /var/lib/layman/steam /var/lib/layman/sunrise /var/lib/layman/r3pek /var/lib/layman/megacoffee /usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync27.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 avahi bash-completion berkdb bluray branding bzip2 cairo cdda cdr cli clutter colord cracklib crypt cscope cups cxx dbus dri dts dv dvd dvdr eds emboss encode evo exif faac fam ffmpeg firefox flac fortran gdbm gif git glade gnome gnome-keyring gnome-online-accounts gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk iconv introspection ipv6 jabber jpeg lcms libnotify libsecret mad mmx mmxext mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg msn multilib nautilus ncurses networkmanager nls nptl ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf png policykit ppds pulseaudio python qt3support qt4 readline rtmp sdl session socialweb spell sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssl ssse3 startup-notification svg systemd tcpd theora threads tiff tracker truetype udev udisks unicode upower usb v4l vala vdpau vim-syntax vorbis vpx wxwidgets x264 xcb xml xv xvid xvmc zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias access_compat" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="*" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en" 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You will probably need to contact to upstream about this -> bugzilla.gnome.org Please specify your setup as I don't suffer this problem neither with intel neither with the nvidia setups I tried
(In reply to Pacho Ramos from comment #1) > You will probably need to contact to upstream about this -> > bugzilla.gnome.org > > Please specify your setup as I don't suffer this problem neither with intel > neither with the nvidia setups I tried Actually I see it with BOTH intel and nvidia setups. The reason why I thought it would be appropriate as a Gentoo bug is because it looks like we just pick one patch out of 3.11.x and maybe the breakage is due to missing other patches that are needed by the one we picked.
Please retry with 3.14.4
