Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster
On Fri, 12 Jul 2019 20:22:55 -0400
hobie@rumormillnews.com wrote:
>> On Fri, 12 Jul 2019 17:52:43 -0400
>> hobie@rumormillnews.com wrote:
>>
>>>Following recent 'buster' move to 'stable' I got wild psychedelic colors
>>>on my XFCE desktop, making it nearly impossible to read anything
>>>on-screen.
>>>
>>>Normally I'd have display set for 1024x768. I've found I can get normal
>>>color on the GUI if I switch to 1600x900. However, even then, if I
>>> switch
>>>to console (F1-F6) or if the screensaver comes on, on return the
>>>psychedelic colors are back. If I log out / log in to the desktop,
>>> normal
>>>colors return with the 1600x900 setting only.
>>>
>>>AMD A10-7860K Radeon R7. ASUSTEK A68HM-K motherboard.
>>>firmware-linux-free and firmware-linux-nonfree are installed.
>>>
>>>Is this a bug? Is there a fix? I'd like to get my normal colors and
>>>normal resolution back. Thanks in advance for any help.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Try a different theme. The switch from GTK-2 to GTK-3 results in a mess
>> if the wrong theme is used.
>>
>
>Thanks. :) Using GTK-ChTheme (which says it's for GTK+ 2, but I don't see
>a similar utility for GTK+ 3) I switched to Xfce 4.4 but got no
>improvement. Should I be approaching this theme change some other way?
>
You have the right idea, however, perhaps try adwaita, which is a GTK-3
specific theme.
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