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