On Friday 06 December 2019 03:37:59 pm William Morder via trinity-users wrote: > On Friday 06 December 2019 13:30:17 D. R. Evans wrote: > > D. R. Evans wrote on 12/6/19 10:54 AM: > > > I just installed TDE on a new-to-me system running debian stable > > > (buster). > > > > > > All the initial system installation was done from a live CD, and it > > > installed KDE. That installed version of KDE works as well as KDE ever > > > works these days. In particular, though, the screen looks fine > > > (1920x1200) and everything works as expected. > > > > > > In the newly-installed TDE, though, the desktop flickers wildly and the > > > desktop is simply unusable: input is lost during the flickers, so most > > > keyboard/mouse input is not even seen by the desktop. > > > > > > Where should I look to try to eliminate all the flickering so that I > > > can get a usable TDE? > > > > More info: > > > > The background doesn't flicker at all. What is flickering are the panel > > and the default icons on the desktop, many times a second. > > > > If I succeed in bringing up the TDE menu (which, if I click enough times, > > eventually does appear when I succeed in timing a click at a moment when > > the desktop is accepting input), then the flickering stops for as long as > > the menu is visible. > > > > Really hoping for some helpful suggestions. I really, really, really, > > don't want to give up and use KDE5. > > > > Doc > > I found that I had problems upgrading to Buster / Ascii. However, my > recommendation is maybe not a "fix", but a better workaround. I would > suggest using a different desktop (such as MATE) for you other desktop > choice. > > When I install Devuan, I use the netinstall CD, and MATE is one of the > choices. I find that it works better than KDE5 when running beside TDE. It > took me months and months of tweaking to get KDE5 to behave itself enough > to make my system work. > > After I install the base system, I reboot into MATE, then add Open Office > (instead of LibreOffice), and usually reboot again, then install TDE, and > everything has been working almost with few problems for nearly a year; > especially the past 6 months have seen only a few minor bugs. No such luck > with KDE5. I've found that not installing any desktop during initial installation is my preferred choice. I generally make several bash scripts to do the TDE installation and other initial housekeeping and stick those on a USB stick and use those after first boot. Attaching them for convenience, modify as you desire. Best, Michael PS: aud?, aup?, yes I'm that lazy... (actually I can't type...)
## Trinity - TDE R14.0.5 deb http://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity/trinity-r14.0.0/debian stretch main deb http://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity/trinity-builddeps-r14.0.0/debian stretch main deb-src http://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity/trinity-r14.0.0/debian stretch main deb-src http://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity/trinity-builddeps-r14.0.0/debian stretch main
#!/bin/bash cat tdecat >> /etc/apt/sources.list
#!/bin/bash apt-get install dirmngr #apt-get install dirmngr --install-recommends
#!/bin/bash apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.quickbuild.io --recv-keys F5CFC95C
#!/bin/bash apt-get update
#!/bin/bash #aptitude install tde-trinity #apt install tde-trinity apt-get install tde-trinity
#!/bin/bash apt-get update
#!/bin/bash apt-get upgrade
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