On Friday 06 December 2019 14:15:34 Michael wrote: > 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...) We'll be testing these scripts of yours whenever next I reinstall my system. If it eliminates the need to install the MATE desktop, then you definitely will be owed props from everybody. Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
