debian-user:
I have a Dell Inspiron E1505/6400 laptop with Debian and Xfce. I am
running an external monitor:
2017-04-04 19:01:33 dpchrist@jesse ~
$ cat /etc/debian_version
8.7
2017-04-04 19:01:45 dpchrist@jesse ~
$ uname -a
Linux jesse 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.39-1+deb8u2 (2017-03-07)
x86_64 GNU/Linux
2017-04-04 19:02:36 dpchrist@jesse ~
$ dpkg-query -l xfce4
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
|
Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
ii xfce4 4.10.1 all Meta-package for the Xfce
Lightwe
Currently, the desktop wallpaper is improperly tiled and stuck:
1. The default Debian 8 wallpaper appears (1024x768) in the upper left
portion of the my 1920x1080 monitor, and portions of the same image
appear to the right, below, and in the lower right corner.
2. If I go to Applications Menu -> Settings -> Desktop -> Background
and choose a different image, tiling, etc., the desktop wallpaper stays
the same.
Searching /var/log for 'xfce', I see an endless stream of error messages:
2017-04-04 19:11:24 root@jesse ~
# grep -ri xfce /var/log/messages | tail
Apr 4 16:02:07 jesse org.xfce.FileManager[1108]: Failed to open VDPAU
backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file
or directory
Apr 4 16:02:11 jesse org.xfce.FileManager[1108]: Failed to open VDPAU
backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file
or directory
Apr 4 16:02:12 jesse org.xfce.FileManager[1108]: Failed to open VDPAU
backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file
or directory
Apr 4 16:02:13 jesse org.xfce.FileManager[1108]: Failed to open VDPAU
backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file
or directory
Apr 4 16:02:16 jesse org.xfce.FileManager[1108]: Failed to open VDPAU
backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file
or directory
Apr 4 16:02:18 jesse org.xfce.FileManager[1108]: Failed to open VDPAU
backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file
or directory
Apr 4 16:02:18 jesse org.xfce.FileManager[1108]: Failed to open VDPAU
backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file
or directory
Apr 4 16:02:19 jesse org.xfce.FileManager[1108]: Failed to open VDPAU
backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file
or directory
Apr 4 16:02:20 jesse org.xfce.FileManager[1108]: Failed to open VDPAU
backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file
or directory
Apr 4 16:02:21 jesse org.xfce.FileManager[1108]: Failed to open VDPAU
backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file
or directory
My laptop has Intel GM945 chipset graphics, not NVIDIA.
/var/log/dmesg is of no help:
2017-04-04 19:13:56 root@jesse ~
# cat /var/log/dmesg
(Nothing has been logged yet.)
2017-04-04 19:13:58 root@jesse ~
# ll /var/log/dmesg
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 31 2017/02/21 21:52:40 /var/log/dmesg
Any suggestions for troubleshooting this?
David
