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natanel

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Registered: 2025-06-01

Posts: 6  

Graphics problem with sddm

Hi!

So finally I left Debian 13 for Devuan 6. It's actually better than running it on VM, After long time having Debian and running Devuan in a VM, I made the switch; I had some troubles during the installation but eventually I made it (Installed Devuan 5 then upgraded to 6), and now i'm here. glad to be here finally!

Let me get to the problem:

There is a problem with sddm. When I run firefox it gets stuck and draws over the screen, you can close it but the graphics remain over the screen, so you must restart sddm in order to make the GUI work properly. during the view gets stuck you can still use other software in the background (e.g. type in the gui terminal) but you wont see it... it will be hidden behind the stuck firefox...

Perhaps it's something in firefox configuration that needs to be changed?
Worth to mention that  I also installed chromium and chromium is known for such a bug, could it be that chromium causing the GUI to stuck?

Thank you and sorry for my awful english!

natanel

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Registered: 2025-06-01

Posts: 6  

Re: Graphics problem with sddm

Updating: I just unchecked:

Performance
x Use recommended performance settings
Learn more
These settings are tailored to your computer’s hardware and operating system.
- Use hardware acceleration when available

Under firefox settings. hope to have good news