Trivial Screen Saver Bug

[foberle]

First observed on Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon version 5.0.5, using an AMD Ryzen 3 3200G with Radeon Vega Graphics × 4 on a 28" monitor.

Conditions:
Under System Settings | Customize I set the following:
Time Format: '%I:%M %P'
Date Format: %d %B %Y (%A)
Time Font: Ubuntu Regular 98pt
Date Font: Ubuntu Regular 48pt

Yes, those are pretty large font sizes, but it lets me see it from across the room. It's actually large enough that the (%A) portion (the day of the week) of the Date Display wraps to a second line within what I assume is a virtual display box of sorts which, in itself, is not a problem at all.

What happens, however, is that when the entire virtual display box jumps to a different position on the screen, the lower part of the wrapped %A (the day of the week) text disappears UNTIL the time display changes (usually the minute value, so less than 60 seconds), at which point the complete text of the day (top and bottom) appears (is redrawn) correctly.

The display is still legible and useful, but has less than the elegance normally exhibited by Cinnamon.

If I'm guessing correctly, the redraw when the display box is moved assumes a fixed height, while the redraw when the minute advances actually re-calculates the height. Regardless, I'm hoping this is an easy fix ...

Thanks ...

[LinuxOnTheDesktop]

@foberle

If this problem still exists, you might want to rename this report: the present name is uninformative.