Fwd: Re: veeger is infected ...startx again

From	Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Fwd: Re: veeger is infected ...startx again
Date	2016-10-17 23:50 +0200
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On 10/17/2016 02:43 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
> Ric Moore composed on 2016-10-17 14:25 (UTC-0400):
>
>> I finally went ape and re-installed from the latest stretch build.
>> Initially, with the nouveau driver, XFCE$  synaptic (and others) drop
>> down menus worked. I installed nvidia-driver and it installed everything
>> related to nvidia. Rebooted and with the nvidia driver running, synaptic
>> still worked. THEN I created an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, rebooted, and
>> it all went to h-e-double hockey sticks with the black screen and active
>> mouse pointer. Synaptic borken again.
>
>> And yes, I have a 4 monitor setup via two video cards. It has worked
>> well for several years. I rebooted into Xubuntu 16.04 on another drive,
>> it works just fine. I copied that xorg.conf file to my Debian drive
>> /etc/X11, rebooted, no go. I removed xorg.conf, rebooted and no problems
>> other than using one monitor out of four.  Xubuntu works, Stretch not. I
>> would love to know where the difference is so I could make a sane bug
>> report.
>
> Did you consider trying with both NVidia and Nouveau purged? Apparently,
> development focus has been migrating into the server-integrated
> modesetting driver:
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-Debian-Abandon-Intel-DDX

Thanks! But it seems to be fore Intel based GPU's. What I just 
discovered is a BUNCH of gtk errors in ~/.xsession-errors

(nm-applet:2704): Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to
underal locate toplevel GtkTrayIcon 0x14a44a0. Allocation is 22x22, but 
minimum required size is 24x24.

...and there must be hundreds of errors just like it. all ranting about 
a shortfall in allocated "size".  Every so often I see this:

process 3303: arguments to dbus_message_new_method_call() were 
incorrect, assertion "path != NULL" failed in file 
../../../dbus/dbus-message.c line 1363. This is normally a bug in some 
application using the D-Bus library.

This is a mindblower. :) Ric


-- 
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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-- 
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html

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