I think of my Gentoo setup as very stable, so it was a bit of a shock when the xfce4-terminal started flashing and disappearing today!
A quick Google gave lots of generic "reinstall GFX drivers", but also there was "turn off the Compositing".
I could not believe that was the issue and I haven't upgrade my kernel for a while, so ....
One kernel rebuild later, confirmed Nvidia drivers are the latest and ... xfce4-terminal is flashing and disappearing !!!
So I turned of composting and that knackered my taskbar. Another reboot and ... its working!
So what in this list caused such a big bang!
sec-keys/openpgp-keys-gentoo-release-20260125
dev-libs/libpipeline-1.5.8
sys-kernel/linux-firmware-20260110
sys-apps/locale-gen-3.10
dev-libs/openssl-3.5.5
dev-libs/libusb-1.0.29
kde-frameworks/extra-cmake-modules-6.22.0
dev-python/jaraco-functools-4.4.0
dev-python/jaraco-context-6.0.2
gui-libs/egl-wayland-1.1.21
media-libs/babl-0.1.118
kde-frameworks/kguiaddons-6.22.1
kde-frameworks/kwindowsystem-6.22.0
kde-frameworks/kconfig-6.22.0
kde-frameworks/ki18n-6.22.0
kde-frameworks/kcolorscheme-6.22.0
gui-libs/egl-gbm-1.1.3
gui-libs/egl-x11-1.0.4
kde-frameworks/kirigami-6.22.0
kde-frameworks/sonnet-6.22.0
kde-frameworks/breeze-icons-6.22.0
kde-frameworks/karchive-6.22.0
kde-frameworks/kwidgetsaddons-6.22.0
kde-frameworks/kiconthemes-6.22.0
dev-libs/libtasn1-4.21.0
app-crypt/gnupg-2.5.17
dev-ruby/prism-1.7.0
x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-580.126.09
dev-libs/libnl-3.11.0
kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons-6.22.0
kde-frameworks/qqc2-desktop-style-6.22.0
dev-libs/jemalloc-5.3.0-r2
sys-apps/man-db-2.13.1
dev-games/godot-4.6
media-libs/gegl-0.4.66
It's a trick question, I have no idea. There are so many things in that list that could be the culprit, but I like to think it was Wayland because it has caused so many problems with my work Ubuntu computer.
Sorted out the shadows and shading, looks much better now.
Included a marker to map to show your location.
I also started work on the score board.
Created a sprite map of the numbers and quick script to pull apart a three digit value and display it.
Need two of these. One for the timer counting up the seconds and a second to track the number of flags you have left place.
Created 3D meshes for mine sweeper VR and created a new theme.
Left some debug bits on.
I have refactored the code a fair bit since taking these two screen shots.
Do need to add a markers for the mini map when using this theme. The mini map is a copy of the images from the flat theme but high up in the sky (invisible to the player), this occludes the 3D world. Which would look a bit crap from above.
I have had a Cineworld Unlimited card for years and as long as you use it it is totally worth it.
Luckily I have a nice Cineworld five minutes away from where I live and I like watching films in the cinema. Your mileage may vary.
Here is a scrape of all the 39 Cineworld tickets for the last 12 months.
And yes, I sometimes see the same movie twice. Normally because I want to see it with someone else.
"Anaconda" was terrible !!
"Star Wars: Episode III Revenge Of The Sith" was cancelled :(
It really is scary when I do these each year and realise how much has happened :D
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With all the groundwork set from my incredibly ugly simple VR Minesweeper, it took only an hour or so to create a switchable theme(*).
This was always the plan. The flat 2d Windows look was to prove the theming system worked. Next will be a 3D version.
(*) When I say that, it took many extra hours to iron out all the bugs, but the concept, that was solid!
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