[SOLVED] Low quality windows after kernel upgrading

Grant · 2013-12-04 15:52:04

Hello,

I've got such a weird situation. After I upgraded to 3.12-2, my KDE windows got a low quality style. You can figure out better what I mean with this screenshot.
I did try to reinstall the video driver (I'm using the integrated gpu currently), delete and recreate the KDE cache, and downgrade the kernel. But an even stranger thing is that although I downgraded the kernel, the system kept using the 3.12.2-2; I was able to use neither dhcpcd nor X too.

I strongly think it's an hardware compatibility problem, don't you?

Last edited by Grant (2013-12-07 12:23:46)

berbae · 2013-12-05 10:57:20

Grant wrote:

although I downgraded the kernel, the system kept using the 3.12.2-2

Did you reboot after the downgrade?

Your problem seems to be a KDE theme issue: try to change the theme and the colors from KDE system settings.

Grant · 2013-12-05 15:26:19

Yes, I did. I do know it's one of the few operations that requires a Linux system to reboot. And I've also tried to change some theme, nothing has happened though.

Last edited by Grant (2013-12-05 15:27:23)

berbae · 2013-12-05 21:43:52

Grant wrote:

I did try to re-install the video driver, delete and recreate the KDE cache, and downgrade the kernel.

It would have been better to post the exact commands you used and their result (what video driver? what KDE cache? what kernel? )

I strongly think it's an hardware compatibility problem, don't you?

How could that prevent you from downgrading the kernel?

So you say that you downgraded the kernel, to 3.12.1-3 I presume, you rebooted and the machine still uses the 3.12.2-1 kernel!

It's very strange : did the downgrading finished normally? Look into the pacman.log file and the kernel log messages in dmesg; and the xorg server log also, if possible with the new kernel and with the previous one. There is also the .xsession-errors file in $HOME.

Grant · 2013-12-07 12:13:29

berbae wrote:

Grant wrote:
I did try to re-install the video driver, delete and recreate the KDE cache, and downgrade the kernel.
It would have been better to post the exact commands you used and their result (what video driver? what KDE cache? what kernel? )
I strongly think it's an hardware compatibility problem, don't you?
How could that prevent you from downgrading the kernel?
So you say that you downgraded the kernel, to 3.12.1-3 I presume, you rebooted and the machine still uses the 3.12.2-1 kernel!
It's very strange : did the downgrading finished normally? Look into the pacman.log file and the kernel log messages in dmesg; and the xorg server log also, if possible with the new kernel and with the previous one. There is also the .xsession-errors file in $HOME.

I know it's strange! I've never come across a similiar problem. And I'm gonna tell you more: it kept doing that even when the *.3-1 came out. I had to use the brute force. I manually removed the kernel images, the packages in the cache, and upgraded with --force, all that in live mode, and it worked fine.

Grant · 2013-12-07 12:25:14

However, I've solved the issue right now. And I've also found out that it was not an issue at all. Simply the style was changed from Oxygen to CDE and I did not know that.

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#1 2013-12-04 15:52:04

[SOLVED] Low quality windows after kernel upgrading

#2 2013-12-05 10:57:20

Re: [SOLVED] Low quality windows after kernel upgrading

#3 2013-12-05 15:26:19

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#4 2013-12-05 21:43:52

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#5 2013-12-07 12:13:29

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#6 2013-12-07 12:25:14

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