Jul 5, 2023, 7:05 AM
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On Wednesday, 5 July 2023 14:07:36 BST Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Saturday, 1 July 2023 17:36:59 BST Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > On Saturday, 1 July 2023 15:02:16 BST Mark Knecht wrote:
> > > If this is the thing I've run into a few times over the years then the
> > > only
> > > way out I've found is to delete my user config files and start over.
> > >
> > > As a test, create a new user, log in using KDE and see if that user
> > > saves state the way your account used to. If it does then Google
> > > for the files you need to get rid of and treat your account like a new
> > > user.
> > >
> > > HTH,
> >
> > Well, I'm sure it would have (helped), but I'd just done that, as well as
> > installing a new system from stage-3. It's on the new system that this is
> > happening.
>
> Meanwhile, I got a hardware exception, apparently relating the the system
> RAM, so I ran a recent version of memtest86 overnight and found nothing
> wrong. Time to start again with a new installation and a new user.
>
> Same problem as before, but now the three instances of gkrellm shimmer
> around their edges unless I move them away from the screen corners. I
> suppose this is an artefact of GTK2 and its ageing.
I noticed the same flicker with the GKrellms window border, when I run an app
which uses graphics hardware acceleration. Rolling over to another virtual
desktop and back stops this gkrellm window border flicker. I'm using Plasma
on Wayland, so I wasn't sure what the cause of this is: code rot in GKrellms,
buggy Wayland, or my ancient graphics hardware. :-/
> Moreover, the two latest versions of Firefox do not show as they should.
> There's no upper frame, the min/max/stop buttons appearing in the tab bar
> instead - in the wrong decoration style: I have the Plastik scheme set, but
> the buttons are shown in something similar to the Breeze scheme. And middle-
> click and right-click on the maximise button have no effect.
>
> I can't find anything here to explain my problems, so I've raised https://
> bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=471977
Did you try to reseat your graphics card and your RAM sticks, just in case
their electrical contacts got oxidised?