Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster
> On 13.07.2019 13:14, hobie@rumormillnews.com wrote:
>>> On 13.07.2019 12:44, hobie@rumormillnews.com wrote:
>>>>> 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...? :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> What display/monitor do you use? Do you connect it using HDMI cable?
>>> I remember another list user was asking same question with identical
>>> symptoms sometime ago.
>>>
>>> --
>>> With kindest regards, Alexander.
>>>
>> Thanks -- the brand is AOC, connected via VGA cable, there's a DVI port
>> on
>> the card but no HDMI one. (If I plug an HDMI converter in via USB,
>> would
>> that work?)
>>
> This is the original thread I was talking about. [1]
> See if there are any pointers that could resolve your issue.
>
> Personally, I don't have much experience with AMD graphics (which is
> sadly notorious for lacking good support on Linux), but
> I would try to use different AMD drivers (use "AMDGPU" instead of
> "radeon" or vice versa).
> You can check what driver you currently using with this command:
> Â Â Â $ inxi -Gxxxz
>
> [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/12/msg00203.html
>
> --
> With kindest regards, Alexander.
Thanks for the tip. Looks like a lot of information here but I don't
really understand it. Xorg seems to have unloaded the radeon driver...?
Graphics: Device-1: AMD Kaveri [Radeon R7 Graphics] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: N/A
bus ID: 00:01.0 chip ID: 1002:130f
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: ati,vesa
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon resolution: 1600x900~N/A
OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 7.0 128 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.6
compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes
Where would I find "AMDGPU" and how would I get Xorg to use it?
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