Mint 16 mate -- icons disappearing in gui

gregb49 · 05-05-2014, 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by irjowo99

I'm considering a couple options at this point:

1) buy another video card. We have a good place in Seattle that has tons of used computer equipment.

2) try ubuntu with KDE or maybe puppy.

That sounds like a good approach. I'm considering hunting out another, but non-NVidia, video card. At the moment, LUBUNTU is working well, but not perfectly, with this card. Interestingly, photos and videos work fine, it is just the desktop that isn't. I'll persevere a bit longer with the XORG settings though. If I have any success I'll post here.

irjowo99 · 05-05-2014, 08:45 AM

Cool deal- let's see who solves it first :-)

gregb49 · 05-05-2014, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by irjowo99

Cool deal- let's see who solves it first :-)

Solved through a sledge hammer approach.
Using Synaptic, I've removed the

Code:

xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

package. I'm assuming that the nouveau code was causing the problems.

gregb49 · 05-05-2014, 06:15 PM

Final comment, I hope.

From http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2220961

Quote:

Try the the 304 driver. it's supposed to handle most legacy cards.
so use this command

Code:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-304

Installing this has speeded up HD video playback, for me and I haven't had a return of the disappearing icons.

irjowo99 · 05-05-2014, 09:07 PM

Partial success!!?

I deleted nouveau, installed nvidia 304.

I no longer have disappearing icons!

... but i do have a few new probs.

Can't make resolution larger than 1024 x 768, and monitor preferences has only 'unknown' monitor, can't detect my monitor.

Then when i click 'nvidia x server settings' in control center, it won't open.

Seems to be some other minor issues with gui, like options in start menu sometimes stay selected even after i move mouse away.

I did install nvidia 304 before deleting nouveau, so i tried reinstalling 304, but it didn't change anything.

Well, the resolution is the main thing. I would like to get back up to a higher res.

ondoho · 05-06-2014, 02:01 AM

irjowo99, post output of "lsmod".

irjowo99 · 05-06-2014, 02:39 PM

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by
gpio_ich               13229  0 
snd_emu10k1_synth      13007  0 
snd_emux_synth         33455  1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_midi_emul      13432  1 snd_emux_synth
ppdev                  17391  0 
snd_seq_virmidi        13220  1 snd_emux_synth
arc4                   12536  2 
rt2800pci              18290  0 
bnep                   18893  2 
rt2800lib              70115  1 rt2800pci
snd_emu10k1           141168  3 snd_emu10k1_synth
rt2x00pci              13111  1 rt2800pci
rt2x00mmio             13395  1 rt2800pci
rfcomm                 53664  0 
rt2x00lib              48854  4 rt2x00pci,rt2800lib,rt2800pci,rt2x00mmio
microcode              18830  0 
bluetooth             323534  10 bnep,rfcomm
snd_intel8x0           33069  2 
snd_util_mem           13821  2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep              13272  2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd_seq_midi           13132  0 
snd_seq_midi_event     14475  2 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_ac97_codec        105668  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_emu10k1
snd_rawmidi            25094  3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_midi
mac80211              513247  3 rt2x00lib,rt2x00pci,rt2800lib
serio_raw              13189  0 
ac97_bus               12642  1 snd_ac97_codec
dm_multipath           22402  0 
snd_pcm                89488  3 snd_ac97_codec,snd_intel8x0,snd_emu10k1
scsi_dh                14458  1 dm_multipath
snd_seq                55383  5 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq_midi
snd_page_alloc         14230  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm,snd_emu10k1
snd_seq_device         14137  5 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_midi
lpc_ich                16864  0 
cfg80211              401436  2 mac80211,rt2x00lib
snd_timer              24447  3 snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1
snd                    60790  22 snd_ac97_codec,snd_intel8x0,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_device,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq_midi
eeprom_93cx6           13168  1 rt2800pci
soundcore              12600  1 snd
crc_ccitt              12627  1 rt2800lib
parport_pc             31981  1 
mac_hid                13037  0 
shpchp                 32129  0 
lp                     13299  0 
parport                40795  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
dm_mirror              21715  0 
dm_region_hash         15984  1 dm_mirror
dm_log                 18072  2 dm_region_hash,dm_mirror
hid_generic            12492  0 
usbhid                 47361  0 
hid                    87192  2 hid_generic,usbhid
firewire_ohci          35257  0 
firewire_core          57656  1 firewire_ohci
e100                   35945  0 
mii                    13654  1 e100
crc_itu_t              12627  1 firewire_core
tulip                  58400  0 
floppy                 55378  0

ondoho · 05-07-2014, 02:17 PM

it looks like your kernel isn't loading any video driver at all now, and fallback mode doesn't go above 1024x768.
you have to make your nvidia driver actually load.
how did you install it?
did you also remove nouveau, as gregb49 suggested? how?

please supply terminal output or precise descriptions for every step you took to solve your problem.

irjowo99 · 05-07-2014, 06:42 PM

Here's the order I did things in, plus the relevant terminal history as well as synaptic history.

1) Tried installing nvidia-304 with terminal and I believe I had some 'failed to install' messages so I tried again and it appeared to work.

2) I deleted xserver-xorg-video-nouveau using synaptic.

3) I then reinstalled nvidia-304 with synaptic.

---------------------
Terminal History:

89 sudo apt-get install nvidia-304
90 sudo apt-get install nvidia-304
-----------------------

Synaptic History:

Commit Log for Mon May 5 18:44:42 2014

Removed the following packages:
xserver-xorg-video-all
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

Commit Log for Mon May 5 18:57:34 2014

irjowo99 · 05-07-2014, 06:48 PM

Here's the order I did things in, plus the relevant terminal command history as well as synaptic history.

1) Tried installing nvidia-304 with terminal and I believe I had some 'failed to install' messages so I tried again and it appeared to work.

2) I deleted xserver-xorg-video-nouveau using synaptic.

3) I then reinstalled nvidia-304 with synaptic.

---------------------
Terminal History:

89 sudo apt-get install nvidia-304
90 sudo apt-get install nvidia-304
-----------------------

Synaptic History:

Commit Log for Mon May 5 18:44:42 2014

Removed the following packages:
xserver-xorg-video-all
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

Commit Log for Mon May 5 18:57:34 2014

ondoho · 05-08-2014, 02:02 AM

from what output you posted, it seems you have some nvidia proprietary driver installed.
you have to make sure your system actually finds and loads the nvidia driver.
sometimes this requires manual intervention.
you should open a thread on mint forums, because i don't know how mint/ubuntu handles these things.

ps: please use code tags

irjowo99 · 05-08-2014, 05:30 PM

Ok, thanks again for the help. I will post to mint forum and let you know how it goes.

cfskellyvt · 10-06-2014, 12:16 PM

irjowo99, I have the same card and same problem. Older distros work well, but the newer ones have a newer 'theme' that causes this problem. I was running Crunchbang 6.0 and all was well except for a couple of applcation were dated and not upgrading. Switched to the latest version of Crunchbang(11?) and I have the same washed out icons you describe. Mint 13 works well. However, Mint 14 and beyound have the whashed out Icons.

Habitual · 10-06-2014, 01:39 PM

Mint 16 is no longer supported. I suggest upgrading to LM17