Hi John, (please reply to the list so everyone can see your added info) I am thinking you may need to try the proprietary NVIDIA drivers.
However.... it seems you may need the NVIDIA 96 package which is not available in 14.04... I had a similar issue with 12.04... but I do not remember the exact graphics card I had.... and I have since given that computer to a believer friend who didn't have one. So... that said, there is ALWAYS a way to get things to work in GNU/Linux... the source code is open and free. Some things are nice and easy, and some things are not... but you learn a lot with those :) win win in my opinion. hopefully someone else on this list knows a bit more about what ever happened to nvidia-96. Nouveau has been getting remarkably better as time goes on, but there are sometimes regressions. You might try searching for a bit with your specific card and the word nouveau to see if there are any bugs/workarounds listed somewhere. If the solution looks too hard, then you may post it here so we can help you if you like :D If I get some time I will look into your issue... but I have been so very busy lately, it is best if you look too :) -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: 14.04 Look and Feel: many items are VERY faint Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 01:01:52 -0400 From: John Hupp <[email protected]> To: Israel <[email protected]> These would be the stock drivers. This is the first time Lubuntu has been installed on this machine. And yes, the default themes. On 4/21/2014 11:18 PM, Israel wrote: > It seems that this is a problem with your graphics card, but I am > thinking this because you are having more than one graphical issue. Are > you using nouveau drivers or did you install a proprietary driver? > If you are using the stock drivers that come with Lubuntu, it will be > the nouveau ones.... > Did you have this issue in an older release (in other words... have you > used Lubuntu before on the same machine using a previous release)? > > And are you using the default themes for openbox, and gtk? (if this > sounds confusing, just ask and someone like me can clarify what it > means) I have had an issue in the past of using themes that had > problems similar to that. > > That is all I can think of for the moment. :) > > On 04/21/2014 12:59 PM, John Hupp wrote: >> With 14.04 newly installed on a machine with a P4 @ 1.6 GHz, 500 MB, >> an NVIDIA Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] VGA controller, and a >> CRT monitor (I know), I find that certain items in the interface are >> VERY faint. >> >> Perhaps someone can help me pin down a proper description and I'll be >> able to customize my way out of the problem. >> >> Some instances: >> >> In Synaptic, the contents of the left-pane package categories and the >> right-pane package list are both faintest-dark text on white >> background. (The lower-right description pane is fine.) >> >> In AbiWord, in its menu bars, when a menu item is selected by hovering >> over it, many but not all of such items become faint-green text on a >> white background. >> >> I see a variant of the above in the Start menu, where some items when >> selected become faint-green text. The background is light-blue on the >> upper half of the background bar, and white/light-gray on the bottom >> half of the background bar. (I tried to get a screen shot of that >> just now, but Print Screen did not create a file in my home folder nor >> copy anything to the clipboard.) >> >> In PCManFM, many but not all file names, when selected, become >> light-green text on a white background. In Details View, the other >> fields (Description, etc) may or may not do likewise. >> >> In some cases the behavior is seen when an item is selected but does >> not have focus. >> >> ----------------------------------- >> >> Perhaps a separate question, but I'll start with it here: On this >> lower-resource machine, I found that PCManFM, in the default view, >> would show all file names but only a certain number of icons -- unless >> I dragged the pointer over them, at which point the icons appear. >> >> And a workaround question: This is so disconcerting that I have been >> changing folders to Details View and checking View: Preserve this >> Folder's Settings. Unless/until the problem is solved, how can I make >> Details View the global default? >> >
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