Michael wrote on 12/6/19 3:15 PM: > 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. Maybe I'm misunderstanding. Are you suggesting, as you seem to be, that if I add MATE as a possible desktop, then that will somehow help TDE to work? Doc -- Web: http://enginehousebooks.com/drevans
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