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0x0000ff

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Registered: 2013-10-09

Posts: 4

[solved] screen garbage after opening terminal. Remains after closing

I've only started getting this problem a week or two after installing.  Haven't updated the system until after it started happening. 

I've tried disabling compositing, re-installing the nvidia proprietary  drivers, switching to the open source ones , and tried using lxde instead. Yet the problem still remains...

http://imgur.com/a/tt9z9

Last edited by 0x0000ff (2013-10-11 15:32:54)

emeres

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Registered: 2013-10-08

Posts: 1,570

Re: [solved] screen garbage after opening terminal. Remains after closing

Is this only occurring with a specific terminal, any terminal or other applications also? Sounds and looks somewhat like a hardware failure.

0x0000ff

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Registered: 2013-10-09

Posts: 4

Re: [solved] screen garbage after opening terminal. Remains after closing

It occurs when I open up any terminal application on the desktop (konsole, built-in terminal with Dolphin).  I'm not sure it is a hardware failure, as I've booted into Windows and played CS:GO for unhealthy amounts of time.

0x0000ff

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Registered: 2013-10-09

Posts: 4

Re: [solved] screen garbage after opening terminal. Remains after closing

o-kay... I just removed startx from my .bashrc file and the garbage has disappeared.  I have more to learn, it seams...

2ManyDogs

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Registered: 2012-01-15

Posts: 4,645

Re: [solved] screen garbage after opening terminal. Remains after closing

startx should go in your .bash_profile, not .bashrc. Did you use a conditional statement as recommended in the wiki?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Start_X_at_Login