Michael wrote on 12/6/19 3:15 PM:
> On Friday 06 December 2019 03:37:59 pm William Morder via trinity-users wrote:
>> On Friday 06 December 2019 13:30:17 D. R. Evans wrote:
>>> D. R. Evans wrote on 12/6/19 10:54 AM:
>>>> I just installed TDE on a new-to-me system running debian stable
>>>> (buster).
>>>>
>>>> All the initial system installation was done from a live CD, and it
>>>> installed KDE. That installed version of KDE works as well as KDE ever
>>>> works these days. In particular, though, the screen looks fine
>>>> (1920x1200) and everything works as expected.
>>>>
>>>> In the newly-installed TDE, though, the desktop flickers wildly and the
>>>> desktop is simply unusable: input is lost during the flickers, so most
>>>> keyboard/mouse input is not even seen by the desktop.
>>>>
>>>> Where should I look to try to eliminate all the flickering so that I
>>>> can get a usable TDE?
>>>
>>> More info:
>>>
>>> The background doesn't flicker at all. What is flickering are the panel
>>> and the default icons on the desktop, many times a second.
>>>
>>> If I succeed in bringing up the TDE menu (which, if I click enough times,
>>> eventually does appear when I succeed in timing a click at a moment when
>>> the desktop is accepting input), then the flickering stops for as long as
>>> the menu is visible.
>>>
>>> Really hoping for some helpful suggestions. I really, really, really,
>>> don't want to give up and use KDE5.
>>>
>>> Doc
>>
>> I found that I had problems upgrading to Buster / Ascii. However, my
>> recommendation is maybe not a "fix", but a better workaround. I would
>> suggest using a different desktop (such as MATE) for you other desktop
>> choice.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding. Are you suggesting, as you seem to be, that if I
add MATE as a possible desktop, then that will somehow help TDE to work?
Doc
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