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.
>
Whoa! I tried to take screenshots so folks could see what I've been
trying to describe. Shot of normal screen turns out as expected. Shot of
psychedelic screen turns out ... identical to shot of normal screen!!! In
other words, what's present in graphic memory space is not the same as
what's being transmitted to my display/monitor, sometimes. Where's Rod
Serling when we need him...? :)
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