https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56657
This is the upstream bug report for this issue. It appears to be a incompatibily issue with the newer versions of Cairo (1.12.2+) and fglrx. I do not know if newer version of fglrx fix this cairo issue, as there is still the Radeon 12.10 driver set in the repos on both Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04. ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #56657 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56657 ** Also affects: libcairo (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1132033 Title: Gnome-Shell activities shows black background with fglrx in raring Status in “fglrx-installer” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “gnome-shell” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “libcairo” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The Gnome-Shell activities view shows a solid black background while using fglrx in raring. I have found that this solid black background is only when you have "file manager handle the desktop" enabled. If you turn off the file manager handling the desktop, you can then see the background image in the activities view. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.6.3.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-7.15-generic 3.8.0 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-7-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Feb 22 23:04:29 2013 DisplayManager: gdm GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'clock-format' b"'12h'" b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'clock-show-date' b'true' b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'font-name' b"'Ubuntu 10'" b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'monospace-font-name' b"'Ubuntu Mono 11'" InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-24 (91 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64(20121023) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-02-21 (1 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1132033/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
