On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote: > Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> writes: > >> In short, jpeg-7 breaks some things :) It's not compatible with >> previous versions and while most programs don't have a problem with >> that, some do. >> >> I'm not sure exactly what causes XFCE to break, but gtk+ is broken >> with jpeg-7 and causes other apps like gqview to be screwed up as >> well. There's a patch on the gtk+ bugzilla that fixes it. If XFCE uses >> gtk+ that might be the cause. Recompiling all of XFCE might fix it, >> too. > > I see... thanks... I'm so lazy I've sort of gotten to liking no > background wallpaper... I imagine stuff will eventually start working > again with future updates... maybe I'll be ready for wallpaper again > by then.
I use XFCE on my laptop which I haven't used since jpeg-7 stuff came down the pipe. I may try it again tonight and see if I can make the problem go away. I'll let you know if I can find any solution.
