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I installed arch linux fresh today with xfce. there weren't any problems to speak of. but I noticed that new desktop icons have the text lables clipped for some reason. the edges disappear. the icons go back to normal temporarily if you click on it or open a window which makes it impossible to get a screenshot of the problem so I had to take a picture on my phone. I've haven't found anyone else with this problem so far. Does anyone know what causes it and how to fix it?
https://i.imgur.com/ZWFA5nR.jpg
Edit: replace photobucket lik with imgur link
Last edited by Chazza (2017-09-08 21:49:34)
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Well this isn't a solution or an explanation for the behaviour but I did find a blog which describes how you can get rid of the border altogether.
https://xubuntu.wordpress.com/2007/08/2 … icon-text/
EDIT: I created some new user accounts and as far as I can see the issue doesn't strike until compositing is enabled.
Last edited by Chazza (2013-09-21 14:34:19)
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Well I managed to solve this one myself in the end. I guess I should have mentioned I had Intel graphics! As it turns out Intel are pushing a new form of 2d acceleration called sna which is faster but less stable than the tried and tested uxa. The latest update to xf86-video-intel flipped the switch so that sna is preferred over uxa. Switching back to uxa solved the problem. To do this create the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf and add these lines:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
Option "AccelMethod" "uxa"
EndSection
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