Package: cinnamon Version: 3.0.7-1 Followup-For: Bug #836726 bug confirmed here. In addition to the appearance of ghost icons the background is not refreshed when drawing "select frames" with the mouse for selecting multiple icons on the desktop. I guess this goes back to the same problem of the defunct desktop refresh.
best regards, Oliver -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.6.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages cinnamon depends on: ii adwaita-icon-theme [gnome-icon-theme-symbolic] 3.21.91-1 ii caribou 0.4.21-1 ii cinnamon-common 3.0.7-1 ii cinnamon-control-center 3.0.1-1 ii cinnamon-desktop-data 3.0.2-2 ii cinnamon-screensaver 3.0.1-1 ii cinnamon-session 3.0.1-1 ii cinnamon-settings-daemon 3.0.1-2 ii cjs 3.0.1-3 ii cups-pk-helper 0.2.6-1 ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.26.0-1 ii gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 0.6.40-3 ii gir1.2-caribou-1.0 0.4.21-1 ii gir1.2-clutter-1.0 1.26.0-2 ii gir1.2-cmenu-3.0 3.0.2-1 ii gir1.2-cogl-1.0 1.22.2-2 ii gir1.2-gconf-2.0 3.2.6-3 ii gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 2.34.0-1 ii gir1.2-gkbd-3.0 3.6.0-1 ii gir1.2-glib-2.0 1.49.1-2 ii gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 3.21.90-3 ii gir1.2-gtk-3.0 3.21.5-3 ii gir1.2-gtkclutter-1.0 1.8.0-2 ii gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-3.0 2.4.11-3 ii gir1.2-keybinder-3.0 0.3.1-1 ii gir1.2-meta-muffin-0.0 3.0.5-1 ii gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0 1.2.4-2 ii gir1.2-notify-0.7 0.7.6-2 ii gir1.2-pango-1.0 1.40.2-1 ii gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-16 ii gir1.2-soup-2.4 2.55.90-1 ii gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0 0.99.4-3 ii gir1.2-webkit-3.0 2.4.11-3 ii gkbd-capplet 3.6.0-1 ii gnome-backgrounds 3.21.91-1 ii gnome-icon-theme-symbolic 3.12.0-2 ii gnome-themes-standard 3.20.2-3 ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.21.4-2 ii libatk-bridge2.0-0 2.20.1-4 ii libatk1.0-0 2.21.90-2 ii libc6 2.23-5 ii libcairo2 1.14.6-1+b1 ii libcinnamon-menu-3-0 3.0.2-1 ii libcjs0 3.0.1-3 ii libclutter-1.0-0 1.26.0-2 ii libcogl-pango20 1.22.2-2 ii libcogl-path20 1.22.2-2 ii libcogl20 1.22.2-2 ii libcroco3 0.6.11-1 ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.34.0-1 ii libgirepository-1.0-1 1.49.1-2 ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1] 11.2.2-1 ii libglib2.0-0 2.49.6-1 ii libglib2.0-bin 2.49.6-1 ii libgstreamer1.0-0 1.8.3-1 ii libgtk-3-0 3.21.5-3 ii libjs-jquery 1.12.4-1 ii libmozjs-24-0 24.2.0-3.1 ii libmuffin0 3.0.5-1 ii libpango-1.0-0 1.40.2-1 ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.40.2-1 ii libstartup-notification0 0.12-4 ii libx11-6 2:1.6.3-1 ii libxfixes3 1:5.0.2-1 ii libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-1+b1 ii mesa-utils 8.3.0-1 ii nemo 3.0.6-1 ii policykit-1-gnome 0.105-3 ii python-dbus 1.2.4-1 ii python-gconf 2.28.1+dfsg-1.1 ii python-gi-cairo 3.21.91-2 ii python-imaging 3.3.1-1 ii python-lxml 3.6.4-1 ii python-pam 0.4.2-13.2 ii python-pexpect 4.2.0-1 ii python-pyinotify 0.9.6-1 pn python3:any <none> pn python:any <none> Versions of packages cinnamon recommends: ii cinnamon-l10n 3.0.3-1 ii gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0 3.20.0-1 ii gir1.2-nmgtk-1.0 1.2.4-1 ii gksu 2.0.2-9 ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 3.21.90-2 ii metacity-common 1:3.20.3-1 ii network-manager-gnome 1.2.4-1 ii xfce4-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 0.6.3-2 ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 325-1 Versions of packages cinnamon suggests: pn cinnamon-doc <none> pn python-opencv <none> -- no debconf information