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

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.