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Originally Posted by watchpocket
So I went to the Calibre Linux download page and read through everything a couple of times before taking any action.
I made sure I had all of the dependencies that the Calibre binary download required, and their correct versions.
I'm running Ubuntu-Mate 16.04.1 and the Ubuntu-Mate desktop.
I am not running stock Ubuntu and I don't use the Unity desktop environment.
I did not install Calibre from the Ubuntu repository.
I did not install Calibre from source.
I copy-pasted the command at the top of the Calibre Linux download page to install Calibre's version 2.65.1 (or the version was there on Friday night August 26) binary install into my terminal's command-line prompt, just the way it says to do on the Calibre Linux download page.
I made sure I had current versions of xdg-utils, wget and python (python 2.7.6) installed on my system before I ran the installer.
I made sure I had current versions of GLIBC "and libstdc++.so.6.0.17 (from gcc 4.7.0) or higher."
But here's what happened:
I got Calibre installed, but the second I opened it, all the icons on my desktop turned white.
So I rebooted.
Then I got to watch my desktop flicker like a strobe light. All icons are white, my 2nd monitor has a blank screen.
In other words, Calibre hosed my desktop.
Needless to say, I ran the sudo calibre-uninstall command and got rid of every trace of Calibre I could find.
I am not happy about this.
I installed this program as responsibly as I could.
I don't mean to suggest I did everything perfectly; but I think I did everything as right as I could, given the guidelines. Yes, I may have overlooked some crucial step in the process, but I don't know what it would have been.
This should not have happened.
My desktop on that system is still broken and flickering, and I am still trying to track down the problem.
My desktop display needs to be recovered from whatever it was that the Calibre install did to it.
I've confirmed on the Ubuntu forums that I am not the only one that this -- this exact same scenario -- has happened to.
May I ask the Calibre developer to weigh in and offer some assistance as to what might have caused this fiasco?
I would be grateful. Thanks.
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open a terminal and run calibre using calibre debug command then post the results.
edit
I suggest running the calibre-uninstall
Code:
sudo calibre-uninstall
reboot your system see if it is back to normal, then reinstall calibre usnig:
Code:
sudo -v && wget -nv -O- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/master/setup/linux-installer.py | sudo python -c "import sys; main=lambda x:sys.stderr.write('Download failed\n'); exec(sys.stdin.read()); main('/opt')"
if that fails then run in debug and post results.
bernie