On Fri, 10 Mar 2017 16:14:21 -0800 Gary Roach <gary719_li...@verizon.net> wrote:
> Hi all > > Debian Stretch amd64 > > Up until recently, I had a login screen that I liked, a desktop theme > that worked reasonably well (with some contrast problems) and desktop > background that I liked. Then I killed my system and had to reinstall > the OS and load in backup copies. The system has been a bit of a mess > since. I only have 2 choices or login screen, neither of which I > like. I did manage to find and download a copy of my old desktop > background but none of my workspace themes work well. The tend to be > dark gray backgrounds -which I like- but do strange things with the > print. I tried to send an email to my doctor the other day and my HMO > web site was printing all of my typing in white on white. My bank web > site prints gray on gray. I have tried various preference setting on > Firefox to no avail. My address book prints dark blue on dark gray. > Impossible to read. Many of the system settings don't seem to change > much other than making scroll bars impossible to see. > > I have tried to download various themes but have found nothing that > works. Switching different color schemes makes big changes in the > system setting page but doesn't change other applications. > > In brief, I lost most of my splash screens and can't find my > favorites anymore and the various color schemes don't effect my > applications appearance. > > Any suggestions? Start from zero. Why waste time trying to fix something so badly broken?: Do a clean fresh install; download additional themes as needed, etc.-- not from backups. See how it looks. Then copy config files from backup, one at a time, check how things look after each, etc. Once everything is to your liking, copy your data from backup. B
