Steam client creates always-on-top rectangle in top-left corner.
Note: It appears as a white rectangle in the snapshot because my desktop background is white in that area and not covered by a panel.
The area will begin drawing correctly if you stop/kill the steam client.
Swear this is a duplicate, but can’t find the report…
Would you attach the system information as requested here https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#reporting-issues Additionally, could you run xprop (in a terminal) and click on the phantom rectangle and paste the output here.
Swear this is a duplicate, but can’t find the report…
Nor could I. :) Thanks for taking the time to look at this.
Here's the xprop info fo the phantom rectangle:
evil@saturn:~$ xprop
WM_PROTOCOLS(ATOM): protocols WM_DELETE_WINDOW
WM_TRANSIENT_FOR(WINDOW): window id # 0x5c0003f
WM_HINTS(WM_HINTS):
Client accepts input or input focus: True
_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_MENU, _KDE_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_OVERRIDE
_MOTIF_WM_HINTS(_MOTIF_WM_HINTS) = 0x2, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Steam", "Steam"
WM_NORMAL_HINTS(WM_SIZE_HINTS):
user specified location: 0, 0
user specified size: 64 by 24
And below is my system info. I'm not using Unity at the moment, so I'm providing what I think the Help/Sysinfo there would have provided. Let me know if you need any additional information.
SYSTEM INFORMATION
Running Ubuntu Linux, the Ubuntu 13.10 (saucy) release.
GNOME: 3.6.3 (Ubuntu 2013-03-18)
Kernel version: 3.9.0-0-generic (#4-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 2 21:43:59 UTC 2013)
GCC: 4.8 (x86_64-linux-gnu)
Xorg: 1.13.3 (17 April 2013 10:43:13PM)
Hostname: saturn
Uptime: 0 days 3 h 2 min
CPU INFORMATION
GenuineIntel, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU X 980 @ 3.33GHz
Number of CPUs: 12
CPU clock currently at 1596.000 MHz with 12288 KB cache
Numbering: family(6) model(44) stepping(2)
Bogomips: 6756.37
Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
MEMORY INFORMATION
Total memory: 12007 MB
Total swap: 11444 MB
STORAGE INFORMATION
SCSI device - scsi0
Vendor: ATA
Model: INTEL SSDSA2M080
SCSI device - scsi1
Vendor: ATA
Model: Hitachi HDS72101
SCSI device - scsi1
Vendor: ATA
Model: ST2000DM001-1CH1
SCSI device - scsi3
Vendor: HL-DT-ST
Model: BD-RE WH10LS30
HARDWARE INFORMATION
MOTHERBOARD
Host bridge
Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 2 Thermal Control (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 8086
PCI bridge(s)
Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 12) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 12) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 7 (rev 12) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 1 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 5 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 90) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
PLX Technology, Inc. PEX 8613 12-lane, 3-Port PCI Express Gen 2 (5.0 GT/s) Switch (rev ba) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
PLX Technology, Inc. PEX 8613 12-lane, 3-Port PCI Express Gen 2 (5.0 GT/s) Switch (rev ba) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
PLX Technology, Inc. PEX 8613 12-lane, 3-Port PCI Express Gen 2 (5.0 GT/s) Switch (rev ba) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
ISA bridge
Intel Corporation 82801JIR (ICH10R) LPC Interface Controller
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 4f53
IDE interface
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6121 SATA II / PATA Controller (rev b2) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 4f53
GRAPHIC CARD
VGA controller
NVIDIA Corporation GF114 [GeForce GTX 560 Ti](rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Device 196e:0898
SOUND CARD
Multimedia controller
NVIDIA Corporation GF114 HDMI Audio Controller (rev a1)
Subsystem: Device 196e:0898
NETWORK
Ethernet controller
Intel Corporation 82567LM-2 Gigabit Network Connection
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 0000
NVIDIA GRAPHIC CARD INFORMATION
Model name: unknown
Card Type: unknown 16x
Video RAM: 1024 MB
GPU Frequency: 405 MHz
Driver version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 313.30 Wed Mar 27 16:56:45 PDT 2013
This is a duplicate, but I can't find the original report either.
Thanks, closing as a duplicate.
Nothing extracted yet.
I didn't notice this back when I was using Unity (maybe because Unity somehow covers this problem with the launcher/panel), but if you use the KDE desktop on Ubuntu you will find that there is a rectangular area in the top-left corner that's not redrawn any time Steam is running.
Now... you might not see it at first, because it doesn't render anything there, it just prevents the area from being redrawn. So, when you then start full-screen games, you get an ugly 'hole' that shows you whatever was on your desktop at that corner before the Steam client started. This is very annoying and affects the ability to see some HUD elements in games.