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Lubuntu offered to upgrade itself the other day. I think I was on 14-something and now it's 16-something. All well and good but now all Abiword docs are flickering constantly. (I've noticed it doesn't happen with a new document until something is typed in it). It's pretty annoying.

Is there a way to fix this?

**Please note: I really like the Linux ethos and I admire anyone with geek-skills but I am computer illiterate so PLEASE DUMB DOWN FOR ME!!

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  • Use the Adwaita theme. You won't see flashing then. – DK Bose Aug 06 '16 at 17:05
  • if that's an answer @DKBose why don't you write one, with easy peasy instructions ;) – Zanna Aug 10 '16 at 17:02
  • Thanks DK Bose and Zanna. I tried it out by searching for 'install adwaita theme lubuntu 16' and ended up here [https://pkgs.org/ubuntu-16.04/ubuntu-universe-i386/adwaita-icon-theme-full_3.18.0-2ubuntu3_all.deb.html] and clicked under Binary Package but then it reads: Error: a later version is already installed. Just when I thought things were going swimmingly. Oh well, thanks anyway. – Nessie Aug 18 '16 at 19:30
  • Install gnome-themes-standard – Jeremy Bicha Dec 11 '16 at 00:56
  • Which version of Lubuntu did you install, 16.04.1, 16.04.2 or 16.10? If you tell me, I can test if and how to select theme in Lubuntu to get rid of the flickering. Otherwise, if your computer has enough horsepower and RAM, you can install LibreOffice (which is not affected by that flickering bug). – sudodus Mar 12 '17 at 07:09

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My workaround is:

Menu > Preferences > Customize Look and Feel

Change the Widget theme to anything BUT Lubuntu

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This fix posted on Ubuntu Forums worked for me on lubuntu 17.04 with kernel 4.10.0-28-generic (x86_64)

First, please try

GTK_THEME=Adwaita abiword from a terminal. If that works,

GTK_THEME=Adwaita:dark abiword and see if you like that better.

You can make a .desktop file and that will allow you to double-click on the Abiword icon or on an Abiword file to open it with the Adwaita theme:

Save it as ~/.local/share/applications/abiword.desktop with this content:

[Desktop Entry]
Exec=bash -c 'GTK_THEME=Adwaita:dark abiword %U'
Icon=abiword
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Office;WordProcessor;GNOME;GTK;X-Red-Hat-Base;
StartupNotify=true
X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.9
MimeType=application/x-abiword;text/x-abiword;text/x-xml-abiword;text/plain;application/msword;application/rtf;application/vnd.plain;application/xhtml+xml;text/html;application/x-crossmark;application/docbook+xml;application/x-t602;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-template;application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-web;application/vnd.sun.xml.writer;application/vnd.stardivision.writer;text/vnd.wap.wml;application/wordperfect6;application/wordperfect5.1;application/vnd.wordperfect;application/x-abicollab;application/vnd.palm;application/x-applix-word;application/x-kword;application/x-mif;application/x-mswrite;application/x-palm-database;text/abiword;text/richtext;text/rtf;
Name=AbiWord
GenericName=Word Processor
Comment=Compose, edit, and view documents
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There is a bugfix in 17.10, so that Abiword works (without flickering) in Lubuntu when using the standard theme.

This is Abiword version 3.0.2-4 according to apt-cache

$ apt-cache policy abiword
abiword:
  Installed: 3.0.2-4
  Candidate: 3.0.2-4
  Version table:
 *** 3.0.2-4 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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