On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 14:26:08 +0100, Bob Alexander wrote: > After a bad crash I am slowly rebuilding my Debian sid system. > > For reasons I do not understand the onscreen characters (e.g. the blue > volume bar) do not appear anymore. > > The buttons work fine even if the onscreen does not appear. Do you have tpb installed an running? Regards, Tino