Re: Streaks on screen. maybe OT

2024-10-18 Thread FJD
On Fri, 18 Oct 2024, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 1:45 PM FJD wrote: On Mon, 14 Oct 2024, FJD wrote: I've switched the cable a couple of times. I just switched out the cable and used a different one. Streaky blurry darker screen. Try booting with Live CD and s

Re: Streaks on screen. maybe OT

2024-10-18 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 1:45 PM FJD wrote: > On Mon, 14 Oct 2024, FJD wrote: > > > I've switched the cable a couple of times. I just switched out the cable > and > > used a different one. > > > > Streaky blurry darker screen. > Try booting with Live CD and see if the problem still exists. If the

Re: Streaks on screen. maybe OT

2024-10-14 Thread FJD
On Mon, 14 Oct 2024, gene heskett wrote: Thank you for the information! NP. That is a given for someone with a CET after his sig. Actually, after watching the video, I'm less convinced. Don't want to squander your time, and I know nothing about the electronics but could you just hint what is

Re: Streaks on screen. maybe OT

2024-10-14 Thread FJD
On Mon, 14 Oct 2024, gene heskett wrote: On 10/14/24 09:17, FJD wrote: On Mon, 14 Oct 2024, FJD wrote: I've switched the cable a couple of times. I just switched out the cable and used a different one. Streaky blurry darker screen. I should add or clarify that it seems to improve considera

Re: Streaks on screen. maybe OT

2024-10-14 Thread gene heskett
On 10/14/24 09:17, FJD wrote: On Mon, 14 Oct 2024, FJD wrote: I've switched the cable a couple of times. I just switched out the cable and used a different one. Streaky blurry darker screen. I should add or clarify that it seems to improve considerably after a couple of minutes. This is a

Re: Streaks on screen. maybe OT (fwd)

2024-10-14 Thread FJD
On Mon, 14 Oct 2024, Stefan Monnier wrote: Not much of a film director but here a short video of the phenomenon. Ah, that doesn't looks like a software problem, indeed. Yeah, and a couple of minutes it almost completely goes away though I note the screen is darker than normal. Just ordere

Re: Streaks on screen. maybe OT

2024-10-14 Thread Kent West
On 10/14/24 8:44 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote: Not much of a film director but here a short video of the phenomenon. Ah, that doesn't looks like a software problem, indeed. Stefan Yeah, that seems like a hardware problem. Two thoughts: 1) Boot off a live USB stick; that eliminates curr

Re: Streaks on screen. maybe OT

2024-10-14 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Not much of a film director but here a short video of the phenomenon. Ah, that doesn't looks like a software problem, indeed. Stefan

Re: Streaks on screen. maybe OT

2024-10-14 Thread FJD
On Mon, 14 Oct 2024, FJD wrote: I've switched the cable a couple of times. I just switched out the cable and used a different one. Streaky blurry darker screen. I should add or clarify that it seems to improve considerably after a couple of minutes. Also after I begin to run the t.v. softw

Re: Streaks on screen. maybe OT

2024-10-13 Thread Stefan Monnier
> A couple of days ago it starts up with a flurry, relatively dark screen with > streaks. After about 10 minutes hooked by HDMI to a monitor for tv it > becomes more distinct and brighter though not so much as before, streaks > are gone. (I think it may be getting darker. The image on the tv

Re: Streaks on screen. maybe OT

2024-10-13 Thread FJD
On Sun, 13 Oct 2024, ael wrote: On Sun, Oct 13, 2024 at 08:36:56PM +0200, FJD wrote: screen. A couple of days ago it starts up with a flurry, relatively dark screen with streaks. After about 10 minutes hooked by HDMI to a monitor for tv it becomes more distinct and brighter though not so much

Streaks on screen. maybe OT

2024-10-13 Thread FJD
Greets! This is likely more a hardware question but it's hard to ignore such knowledgeable people at keyboard length. My Acer Swift 3 running TDE (Trinity Desktop, a successor to KDE3) for about three years, now on Debian 12, usually has a bright and sharp (matte) screen. A couple of days