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Accidentally uninstalled an important package in Debian Sid with KDE, transparency no longer working (lemmy.world)

Hi everyone, I ran apt full-upgrade last month and accidentally deleted a couple packages that weren’t supposed to be removed, due to me not paying enough attention. I could recover most of the system just fine, since most of the missing features and related packages were obvious to me. However, I still couldn’t figure out...

buffy, (edited )

Sadly I am not using BTRFS for my root directory on this specific system. If I end up deciding to reinstall, I will definitely go back to BTRFS to avoid such problems.

Debian actually has a KDE group named kde-full. I reinstalled it but the issue persists, which was honestly surprising to me.


<span style="color:#323232;">~$ sudo apt install kde-full
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Reading package lists... Done
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Building dependency tree... Done
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Reading state information... Done
</span><span style="color:#323232;">kde-full is already the newest version (5:147).
</span><span style="color:#323232;">0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 87 not upgraded.
</span>

The new user idea was really clever, thanks for the suggestion! I will try that now and see.

Edit: the new user also presents the same problem. Actually, it makes sense, since SDDM is affected as well (I should have mentioned that before).

buffy,

I do store regular backups of this machine, but not of /var. I can always reinstall Debian (or whatever other distro), while keeping other relevant configs intact (stored in the backups) and not lose any critical data.

I commented below that I did check /var/log/dpkg.log, but it didn’t help much due to the high number of packages removed that day.

At this point I am more curious to learn more about KDE and what is causing the problem, since other desktop environments (I installed mate) seem to work fine.

buffy,

Thanks for the recommendation! I will definitely do it when I eventually install some other distro in the future.

buffy,

Yeah, I tried installing kde-full but it didn’t solve my problem.

buffy,

The Gentoo sub had such a nice subtitle because it is indeed accurate! Definitely one of the things I like the most about “flexible” distros.

“Gentoo Linux: Because you like it when the power is in your hands”

buffy,

Thanks for the tip! However, I tried apt reinstall kde-full and apt --fix-broken install, but no packages were installed and (unsurprisingly) the problem still persists.

buffy,

If I am not mistaken, I used a Debian KDE live image from the official repository then switched the mirrors from Bookworm to Sid. The system went months without a single issue, then this happen.

Your suggestion will actually be my solution of choice if everything else fails: reinstall / and import relevant files from a backup that I already have.

buffy,

Thanks! Some packages were installed, but it didn’t solve it yet (even after a reboot).


<span style="color:#323232;">...
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Install: orca:amd64 (46.0-1, automatic), libpcaudio0:amd64 (1.2-2+b2, automatic), speech-dispatcher-audio-plugins:amd64 (0.11.5-4, automatic), python3-brlapi:amd64 (6.6-5, automatic), xbrlapi:amd64 (6.6-5, automatic), speech-dispatcher-espeak-ng:amd64 (0.11.5-4, automatic), libsonic0:amd64 (0.2.0-13, automatic), sound-icons:amd64 (0.1-8, automatic), python3-speechd:amd64 (0.11.5-4, automatic), libespeak-ng1:amd64 (1.51+dfsg-12, automatic), python3-louis:amd64 (3.29.0-1, automatic), x11-session-utils:amd64 (7.7+6+b1, automatic), xkbset:amd64 (0.8-1, automatic), task-desktop:amd64 (3.75, automatic), libdotconf0:amd64 (1.3-0.3+b1, automatic), xorg:amd64 (1:7.7+23, automatic), perl-tk:amd64 (1:804.036+dfsg1-2+b1, automatic), x11-apps:amd64 (7.7+11+b1, automatic), speech-dispatcher:amd64 (0.11.5-4, automatic), espeak-ng-data:amd64 (1.51+dfsg-12, automatic), task-kde-desktop:amd64 (3.75), xinit:amd64 (1.4.2-1, automatic)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">End-Date: 2024-03-26  17:42:41
</span>
buffy,

I audibly laughed at this. I actually knew I was entering treacherous waters by running apt full-upgrade in Sid, but still thought “well, we’ll see…”

buffy,

I tried reinstalling kde-full, but sadly nothing happened (all packages were already marked as installed).

buffy,

Tasksel seems to be correctly set,


<span style="color:#323232;">~$ tasksel --list-tasks
</span><span style="color:#323232;">i desktop       Debian desktop environment
</span><span style="color:#323232;">u gnome-desktop GNOME
</span><span style="color:#323232;">u xfce-desktop  Xfce
</span><span style="color:#323232;">u gnome-flashback-desktop       GNOME Flashback
</span><span style="color:#323232;">i kde-desktop   KDE Plasma
</span><span style="color:#323232;">u cinnamon-desktop      Cinnamon
</span><span style="color:#323232;">u mate-desktop  MATE
</span><span style="color:#323232;">u lxde-desktop  LXDE
</span><span style="color:#323232;">u lxqt-desktop  LXQt
</span><span style="color:#323232;">u web-server    web server
</span><span style="color:#323232;">u ssh-server    SSH server
</span><span style="color:#323232;">i laptop        laptop
</span>

I tried apt reinstall kde-full, but unfortunately nothing changed.

buffy,

I agree with that. I suspect you might be right. SDDM (Breeze) is also weird with transparency. However, I just installed materia-kde but unfortunately the problem persisted (screenshot attached). Before that, I ran apt purge kde* plasma* libkf* and apt install kde-full. That too didn’t solve my problem.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/fff3b48b-c8e0-447a-b4d1-6c768c95d29b.png

buffy,

You are absolutely right. I just tried apt purge kde* plasma* libkf* and apt install kde-full followed by a reboot. But sadly, the problem persists.

buffy, (edited )

You are right, I should have made this clear. I am not on Nvidia, I am using an old Thinkpad on Intel Haswell.

I’m glad to know my problem isn’t completely new. I’ll look into it further online. If you ever find a link to a report of a similar issue, I would be happy to see!

Edit: I found this link, the issue reported appears to be very similar to what I’m seeing here …tux.pizza/…/kde_plasma_rendering_problem_black_s…

Edit 2: I finally solved my problem! It was indeed an old problem already reported somewhere.

buffy,

I’m not an expert, but Wikipedia says that

“they were lifted and tilted into their present orientation between 80 to 35 million years ago, during the Laramide Orogeny. The Flatirons were subsequently exposed by erosion.”

I think their origin is characteristic of such formations.

buffy,

Agreed! It is both very convenient and scenic. Chautauqua Park’s location is perfect.

buffy,

Thank you! I agree, a day hiking at the flatirons is always a good day!

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