On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 07:58 -0400, Chuckk Hubbard wrote: > Hi. > I'm thinking this might not be caused by Linux, but Linux is telling > me weird things about it. > My laptop boots with all sorts of artifacts on the screen, not > updating half the pixels, apparently. If I open a terminal, I have to > wave the mouse around the prompt to see what I've typed. If I close a > window, it stays until I wave the mouse around to find my desktop. > When I check screen res, it says 800x600, 61Hz refresh, with no other > options for either, even though /etc/X11/xorg.conf says: > HorizSync 28-64 > VertRefresh 43-60 > and lists 1280x1024, 1024x768, 800x600, and 640x480 for each depth. > However, if I boot to BIOS, or use a boot disk of any kind, I get the > same thing, except no mouse pointer to wave over the letters to be > able to read.
If you see it in the BIOS then it is not an operating system artifact. It sounds like the screen is gone - perhaps not refreshing itself. I have seen not unsimilar before (caused by external power spike? - sitting on train above a seriously ill electric engine) > Debian installation detected 1024x768 as the highest res, and when I > saw online that my model supports 1280x1024, I tried throwing that in > too... could that be the problem? I realized later I have a 14.1" > screen and there is also a 15" model that that spec may have been > meant for. > I tried counting the pixels, but I passed out before 100. jk lol > > Thanks. > -Chuckk > > > > -- > "Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to > work hard at work worth doing." > -Theodore Roosevelt > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
