Bug#716748: gnome-shell: black background in overview (and desktop)

Fri Jul 12 10:47:34 UTC 2013

Cause confirmed:
Contrary to what I said before, it is the file manager handling the desktop
which somehow glitches gnome-shell. Switching that off and logging back
again solves the issue; switching that on and logging back again triggers
the bug.

Another side-effect of this bug is that the lockdown screen doesn't fade
into the screensaver after timing out or pressing the Esc key, but it just
shows the (GDM, I presume) background hiding the password dialog.

On the other hand, Ubuntu users have been experiencing some similar:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2088736

Sorry for all the "spam"; I've been looking at this by chunks, but now I
think the description and cause of the bug are pretty clear.
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