Re: Bug?

[songbird <songbird@anthive.com>]

Thomas H. George wrote:
...
> Two problems after a distribution upgrade to Buster
>
> 1. At login window after boot up the desktop selection is locked a 
> Gnome. That is, if the symbol to change the desktop selection is 
> selected a list of available desktops is displayed with a dot indicating 
> Gnome is the current selections. There is no way to move this dot to 
> another selection. The mouse is frozen and I have tried every key on the 
> key board.

  are you sure you have yet another desktop installed and
available to select?  you don't mention if you've actually
installed another desktop that should show up in the menu
or not.

  so it may not actually be a bug because there is nothing
else to select.


> 2. There is no sound. The alsamixer and the Gnome sound tool show only 
> an HDMI option but my monitor has no speakers. If I reboot to Stretch 
> there is a line out option and there is sound from my external speakers.
>
> So rebooting to Stretch solves the sound problem but not the desktop 
> selection problem.
>
> Kernel problem? Gnome problem? Pulseaudio problem?

  i'm not a sound expert by far, so this i will leave for
others to answer/ask about.


  songbird