A compositing manager is running (kde, gnome ...). ardesia -V (verbose mode) Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged. Enabled Device in screen 2. 0x1252800: "Virtual core pointer" (Type: 0) DEBUG: Annotation window get screen-changed event DEBUG: Annotation window get configure event (1366,768) Clear screen The save point /tmp/ardesia/ardesia_project_2017-21-5_16:39:42/images/ardesia_1_vellum.png has been stored in file Acquire grab The pen with colour FF0000FF has been selected The pen with colour FF0000FF has been selected The pen with colour FF0000FF has been selected DEBUG: Annotation window get expose event Restore surface The save-point /tmp/ardesia/ardesia_project_2017-21-5_16:39:42/images/ardesia_1_vellum.png has been loaded from file DEBUG: Annotation window get configure event (1366,768) Device 'Virtual core pointer': Button 1 Down at (x,y)= (663,566223 : 364,471497) Select colour FF0000FF Device 'Virtual core pointer': Button 1 Up at (x,y)= (663,57 : 364,47) The save point /tmp/ardesia/ardesia_project_2017-21-5_16:39:42/images/ardesia_2_vellum.png has been stored in file Device 'Virtual core pointer': Button 1 Down at (x,y)= (663,566223 : 364,471497) Select colour FF0000FF Select colour FF0000FF Select colour FF0000FF Select colour FF0000FF ...