I verified this on an old, slow machine where the described phenomenon was more easily observed and it indeed no longer occurs. There is still a whole-screen flicker as Compiz starts up but that's an unrelated issue.
** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1241757 Title: Unity Launcher always assumes default background is active for a couple of seconds Status in Unity: Fix Released Status in Unity 7.2 series: In Progress Status in unity package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in unity source package in Trusty: Fix Committed Bug description: [IMPACT] Every time the computer boots and autologins to my desktop, I see the default background only behind the Unity Launcher for a couple of seconds, and then it is replaced with the current wallpaper. [TEST CASE] (1) Configure the desktop to use a non-default wallpaper. (2) Log in to a Unity session and observe the area behind the Launcher. [REGRESSION POTENTIAL] The solution to this problem was to eliminate the animation of the BFB icon on initial startup. Potentially this could cause the animation to not run at other times, although even if this did occur, it is unlikely to be noticed. [OTHER INFO] The fix for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS was cherry picked from the Ubuntu "Vivid Vervet" dev release where it has been in production use for some time without apparent regression. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1241757/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp