Uninstalling Updates

[Rollo151]

gimp is only on the screen shot but is closed

[WharfRat]

Sorry, I can't make heads or tails out of that.

Install scrot which is a lightweight screenshot app.

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sudo apt-get install scrot

Then get the apps or whatever up on the desktop, then open the terminal and enter

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scrot %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S.png -d 15 -c

then immediately minimize the terminal to get it out of the way and wait 15 seconds for the screen capture.

Attach the file using Attachments here.

Hopefully it will be better than your try above.

[Rollo151]

file:///home/guest/Desktop/Screenshot

[Rollo151]

file:///home/guest/Desktop/Screenshot

[Rollo151]

Really....now the pic doesn't show?????

[WharfRat]

The file would be named something like 2016-10-31-22-13-14.png i.e., year-month-day-hour-minute-second.png

Also I have a problem here too with the file being too large so I had to install imagemagick and run

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convert -quality 20 2016-10-31-22-13-14.png 2016-10-31-22-13-14.jpg

to get the file under 100k. I've never had a problem before

So if you want to give that a try...

[Rollo151]

guest@guest-OptiPlex-745 ~ $ convert -quality 20 2016-10-31-22-13-14.png 2016-10-31-22-13-14.jpg+
The program 'convert' can be found in the following packages:
* imagemagick
* graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat
Try: sudo apt-get install <selected package>

[AscLinux]

Things like this can happen when the config files in your home directory get messed up or maybe are not fully compatible with the upgrade performed. To test this create a test user. Log on as this test user, does it have still the same problems?

I guess this is not going to happen? Diagnosing whether the problem is in the home directory?

[WharfRat]

Rollo151,

I guess this is not going to happen? Diagnosing whether the problem is in the home directory?

Add a new user, logout and login as the new user to check if things look normal. I should have thought of that a long tome ago.

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sudo adduser username

Use your name of choice in place of username.

You don't have to fill out each question past the password prompt, just press enter for most of them.

[Rollo151]

WOOHOO.....My computer is back up and running like it used to be....Big THANKS to Warfrat and All others that helped me get this fixed! If ever I have more problems, I know where to come and get help.

Rollo151 aka Erik

[Rollo151]

Oh, if you could suggest the most recent Adobe Flash for my system, I'd appreciate any help

[killer de bug]

Just install it from the update manager and you will have the most recent version available.

On my system the latest version is 11.2.202.643

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flashplayer-mozilla:
  Installé : 3:11.2.202.643-dmo2
  Candidat : 3:11.2.202.643-dmo2
 Table de version :
 *** 3:11.2.202.643-dmo2 0
        500 http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ jessie/non-free amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[WharfRat]

WOOHOO.....My computer is back up and running like it used to be....

You don't know how relieved I am to see that

I'm assuming creating the new user fixed it. I've never had that happen to me even with dist-upgrades so I just didn't consider it.

It's very odd that it happened to you

[Rollo151]

guest@guest-OptiPlex-745 ~ $ flashplayer-mozilla:
flashplayer-mozilla:: command not found
guest@guest-OptiPlex-745 ~ $ Installé : 3:11.2.202.643-dmo2
Installé: command not found
guest@guest-OptiPlex-745 ~ $ Candidat : 3:11.2.202.643-dmo2
Candidat: command not found
guest@guest-OptiPlex-745 ~ $ Table de version :
Table: command not found
guest@guest-OptiPlex-745 ~ $ *** 3:11.2.202.643-dmo2 0
Desktop: command not found
guest@guest-OptiPlex-745 ~ $ 500 http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ jessie/non-free amd64 Packages
500: command not found
guest@guest-OptiPlex-745 ~ $ 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
100: command not found
guest@guest-OptiPlex-745 ~ $

[Rollo151]

Warf, I think it was a combination of all the things you had me try but yes, it worked after the testing as a new user