A very simplistic approach would be to hook a different LCD monitor to the same machine to see if the results reproduce. Although I am guessing you would have tried this if you had one handy...
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Jack Schneider <p...@dp-indexing.com> wrote: > On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:51:09 -0500 (EST) > Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:06:41 -0500 (EST), Jack Schneider wrote: >> > >> > Hi, All >> > Does any one know of a diagnostic tool to pin down a smeared LCD >> > screen? I have an old laptop i386, running lenny, up2date, >> > 2.6.26-2-486 kernel, which I want to take the load as a >> > parallel-port printer host. It runs a Neomagic NM2093 video chip. I >> > have checked the LCD display with lcdtest and all's well. It seems >> > to display B/W terms at full screen, OK. >> > I have googled 'till I get running in circles. >> > >> > I am thinking about removing "color" from the display, pointers on >> > if/how to do that would be appreciated. >> >> I am a native speaker of English, but I haven't a clue what you're >> asking. What exactly do you mean by "pin down"? What do you mean >> by "smeared"? (I assume you *don't* mean that your child smeared his >> peanut butter and jelly sandwich all over it, but I don't know what >> you *do* mean.) And if you're only >> using it as a print server anyway, who cares? Would you be so kind >> as to explain in less techno-slang terms exactly what the problem is >> and exactly what you are trying to accomplish. I have an old laptop >> too, with an LCD screen and a neomagic 2160 chipset. So I'm familiar >> with the hardware. But I still have no clue what you are talking >> about. >> >> > Stephen, thanks for the reply...8-) > I want to find out if the color distortions (smears on left side of > images) I see on the LCD are due to a faulty LCD or faulty graphics > chip. I want to know if there is a diagnostic to help figure that out. > I want to place a message/s in the screen (legible) what jobs are > pending/finished as appropriate. > > Thanks, Jack > ps sometimes it appears that peanut butter was smeared... red-blue- > green-pink-violet.... peanut butter etc > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/20100222134307.3ff6a...@speeduke.volunteerwireless.net > > -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50e5edd51002221205x7dafe469xf208577f661a4...@mail.gmail.com
