me again. apparently I told synaptic to replace Icewm with a pre-release version. this has not worked out so well as you can see from the screenshot. I would like to get the original theme the way it was in anti-x 8.5 test. looks so bad this way I installed gnome so I didn't have to look at it.

ugh

ugh

Quickest way is in a root terminal

apt-get update
apt-get install icewm/stable icewm-common/stable

Then pin icewm and icewm-common (to stop it upgrading)

echo icewm hold|dpkg --set-selections
echo icewm-common hold|dpkg --set-selections

You'll need to restart icewm or logout/login

thanks, sorry to be such a pest. just learning. btw, whenever I update something I get this error: Errors were encountered while processing:
wicd
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

which if I remember right says something about adduser:, and there not being a user named demo/ I guess is left over from the .iso?

If you don't use/want/need wicd remove it

apt-get purge wicd

If you do want it, do the purge above and then

apt-get install wicd

I assume that's for wireless which I don't use. so I purged it. I am also not on a laptop so is it safe to purge the power management support and if there is a cpu throttle of some sort. that also?

thanks again.

Yes you can (Just check that it will not remove anything else important)

BTW Is icewm ok now?

yes, all better, thanks again. thought I said. sorry.