Re: [trinity-users] Re: TDE flickers wildly and unusably; KDE OK

Anno domini 2019 Fri, 6 Dec 16:30:14 -0700 D. R. Evans scripsit: > D. R. Evans wrote on 12/6/19 2:30 PM: >> 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. > > More info: > > After a few minutes of I trying to use this (basically unsable :-( ) TDE, it > suddenly popped up a dialog that said that the screen was locked and requested > that I enter my password. When I did that, I was returned to the session, but > the flickering had stopped. > > So that suggests the question: what causes the screen to lock and the popup > requesting unlocking to appear? Somehow that seems to be related to the > flickering problem. > > Doc > > PS I have no screensaver set. > can you run "top"or "htop" on a console (e.g.: <ctrl>+<alt>+<f1>)?