Re: veeger is infected ...startx again
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On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 05:08:44 -0400
Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 10/01/2016 09:40 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
>> On 10/01/2016 12:49 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
>>> ... humans are infecting Veeger. I figured I'd fix the display manager
>>> problem with a clean install. Here's the fun part that gives me the
>>> giggles: I downloaded the testing DVD to install clean from, whilst
>>> thinking it would be stretch or sid. Best laid plans of mice.
>>>
>>> I rebooted upon completion and it went smoothly. I installed my Nvidia
>>> drivers and that went smooth. It was all soooo stupidly smooth that I
>>> suspected something was wrong. Surprise, my sources list reflected
>>> Jessie, not Stretch or Sid. I <cough cough> FIXED that. Figuring baby
>>> steps I'd go for Stretch. Long story short. I'm back to the black screen
>>> with itty bitty mouse cursor where I should be logging in. Synaptic is
>>> also acting up again with the drop down menus refusing to drop down.
>>
>> Add the Sid/unstable sources and 'aptitude update' and 'aptitude
>> safe-upgrade' and you'll be okay ;). Maybe when the Stretch freeze
>> starts that will be the time to remove Sid to get the next stable system.
>>
>>> I'm fulla pain killers (legitimately prescribed!) so I figure a much
>>> younger, and more agile, mind with figure this out. I'll even buy my
>>> newly found favorite cube-monkey a pizza, as long as the order doesn't
>>> require truffles.
>>
>> Good luck!
>
>No luck so far and I just updated sid. On initial boot, the video driver
>kicks in, as all the monitors come to life, the harddrive is checked and
>then I get the black screen and mouse cursor which is active and moves
>with movement of the mouse. Buggers. What package should I file a
>bugreport against?? If I log into a terminal and issue "startx",
>everything comes up normally into XFCE4 desktop. Synaptic menus still
>refuse to drop down. Thanks all, Ric
It sounds like GTK3 themes is taking over. I had a similar situation,
by removing all GTK3 themes, I was able to get GTK2 theme installed. It
gave me back those menus and the proper spacing. I am now using
Orangine in Appearance and Kindaker in Window Manager. It works here.
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