On Thursday 08 December 2011 23:46:00 Frank Lienhard wrote: > On 12/08/2011 09:09 PM, Greg Madden wrote: > > I solved the scrambled screen issue here. > > . > > > > I did a 'update-alternatives --config desktop-background' selected > > 'nightly' as my background and know have a nice, login screen. The > > 'nightly' images do no get added to '/etc/alternatives/desktop-splash', > > not sure how to add them. > > Doesn't worked for me. Still scrambled at the kdm-trinity login screen. > But I haven't installed the nvidida drivers so far. I would definately get a correct video driver installed...first :-) I use the Nvidia drivers from Nvidia's web site, but Debian can do Nvidia drivers. 'nv' & 'nouveau' don't work for my card/monitors setup. > But I noticed that all images are *.svg only the nightly is a *.png > (don't know if that is the issue) > But the hint from David: > > "tried uncommenting this line in /etc/trinity/kdm/kdmrc (~line 494)? : > > #TerminateServer=true" > > saves me from restarting kdm-trinity. > Thanks -- Peace, Greg