On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 02:17:50PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Fri, 13 May 2016 10:37:20 -0400
> Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 09:40:04PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I just installed the beta, in a VM, using the x64 DVD iso.
> > >
> > > In my opinion, the user interface was very pleasing. The faded
> > > purple is very relaxing. The fonts are all crisp and clear, even in
> > > a tiny VM. And I **LOVE** the fact that the titlebar of the focused
> > > window is an extremely different color than those without focus.
> > > I'm a production man, and appreciate knowing at the quickest glance
> > > which window has focus.
> > >
> > > Great job on the UI.
> > >
> > > SteveT
> >
> > Yes that's a nice colour I see at start-up. I wouldn't mind having
> > it after I log in.
> >
> > But once things are going -- I use xfce -- I have a brighgt
> > yellow-green screen. I seem to have nno way t change it. I can
> > use Applicatinos Menu -> settings to change the settings, and
> > they'rre still there the next time I adjust settings, but the seem to
> > have no effect on the actual screen.
>
> Yes. That nauseating rotten mustard color occurs on the login screen.
> On LXDE, it disappears and is replaced by the colors I described
> earlier in this thread. So the Xfce implementation fails to load the
> desktop graphic. Probably it's missing a command in ~/.xinitrc or its
> equivalent for display managers.

I'm getting light purple on the login screen, but not in xfce. Could
it xfce is still depending on an systemd-ism that isn't there in
order to talk to itself?

-- hendrik