Workaround for ATI RV516
A user reported us that, when using RV516
The system seems to boot OK. The problem is after a while I am finding that I am unable to operate the system.
Problems
1)The mouse cursor (arrow) disappears entirely when on the desktop and only shows on the top Menu Bar
I get continuous mouse cursors (arrows) that fill up the screen as I move the mouse around and the mouse buttons stop working on the desktop although they do work on the top menu (this has been almost every time since you moved to version 6). Note: for both mouse issues, I tried moving the mouse to a different USB port but it didn't help.
Locations in Places menu have stop opening the appropriate program ie: Files when I click on them (I have to manually open a file manager from Applications to view files and folders). I have included a screen shot of this problem.
My Solution (workaround)
The only way I have found to get around these problems is restart Gnome and Wayland which I do in the following manner:
use Alt+F2 to bring up a run box and enter
killall -HUP gnome-shell
. This kills the existing non working session and applications.In the new terminal screen I login as
amnesia
and use a admin password which I setup when starting tails ( I am not happy about setting up a admin password - for security reasons, but I don't know how to log in without one).I restart Gnome and Wayland with the following command
gnome-shell --wayland
But of course this leads them to a session which is different from the original.
Is there any way to "convert" this workaround into a more proper one that we might want to document?