On 13.07.2019 12:44, ho...@rumormillnews.com wrote: >> On Fri, 12 Jul 2019 20:22:55 -0400 >> ho...@rumormillnews.com wrote: >> >>>> On Fri, 12 Jul 2019 17:52:43 -0400 >>>> ho...@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.
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