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Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster

From hobie@rumormillnews.com
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster
Date 2019-07-13 10:20 +0200
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> 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?)

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Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster hobie@rumormillnews.com - 2019-07-13 00:00 +0200
  Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster Charlie Kravetz <charlie@keepingdreams.com> - 2019-07-13 01:40 +0200
    Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster hobie@rumormillnews.com - 2019-07-13 02:30 +0200
      Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster Charlie Kravetz <charlie@keepingdreams.com> - 2019-07-13 05:10 +0200
        Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster hobie@rumormillnews.com - 2019-07-13 09:30 +0200
        Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster hobie@rumormillnews.com - 2019-07-13 09:50 +0200
          Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-07-13 10:10 +0200
            Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster hobie@rumormillnews.com - 2019-07-13 10:20 +0200
              Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2019-07-13 10:50 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster hobie@rumormillnews.com - 2019-07-14 02:40 +0200
              Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-07-13 11:10 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster hobie@rumormillnews.com - 2019-07-14 00:10 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2019-07-14 01:30 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-07-14 08:50 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster hobie@rumormillnews.com - 2019-07-14 09:10 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2019-07-14 10:10 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-07-14 19:10 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster hobie@rumormillnews.com - 2019-07-17 01:00 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster Étienne Mollier <etienne.mollier@mailoo.org> - 2019-07-17 12:20 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-07-18 08:50 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2019-07-14 09:20 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2019-07-14 12:50 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2019-07-14 17:50 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> - 2019-07-14 18:00 +0200
              Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2019-07-13 12:50 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster hobie@rumormillnews.com - 2019-07-14 00:20 +0200

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