XFCE 17: Desktop - application icons, tabs, etc. don't show

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XFCE 17: Desktop - application icons, tabs, etc. don't show

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Hello,
Upgraded a desktop to Mint 17 XFCE and the desktop icons, panel icons, Firefox tabs, Thunar icons do not show.

If I roll my cursor over them, they show up temporarily, but then go back to a dull grey or not there at all.

After installation, I checked "Driver Manager" thinking maybe it was my graphics card, but the result was: "No proprietary drivers are in use." ,

I also ran every possibly update and the problem persists.

This is visually unacceptable, I've never witnessed this issue before, so would be grateful for any and all help solving this.

THANK YOU!
Clinton

desktop icons
Firefox tabs
Panel icons
Thunar icons


lacore@lacore-MIDWAY ~ $ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:09a6 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Vision Pro
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0461:4d22 Primax Electronics, Ltd
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 413c:2003 Dell Computer Corp. Keyboard
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
lacore@lacore-MIDWAY ~ $ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P AGP Bridge (rev 02)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P PCI to CSA Bridge (rev 02)
00:06.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P Processor to I/O Memory Interface (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82547EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] (rev a2)
lacore@lacore-MIDWAY ~ $

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Does this work when booting with the min17 livecd ?

If yes , check this post : http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=171755
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Re: XFCE 17: Desktop - application icons, tabs, etc. don't s

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ktheking wrote:Does this work when booting with the min17 livecd ?

If yes , check this post : http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=171755
Thank you for the reply.
No, the situation persists when using LiveDVD media.

Clinton
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SunWorks wrote:After installation, I checked "Driver Manager" thinking maybe it was my graphics card, but the result was: "No proprietary drivers are in use."
Did you give it time to look for drivers? Your lspci output seems to indicate that you have an Nvidia graphics card. The driver manager should find a driver for it if you give it a minute or two to look for it.

Run driver manager again to see if it finds an Nvidia driver. If still having problems, post back with output from following terminal command:

Code: Select all

inxi -Fxz
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Apparently the half-height AGP card in this machine needs the nvidia-96 driver, which is no longer supported in Mint 17.

It's an nVidia P-117 / MX-440 card.
I know this card is old, low-performance, etc... but it physically works except for no software support.

I'd like to know how it going to a landfill is a good thing.

Is it that difficult to include support for such a card in new versions of an OS?
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