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Re: Flickering X Window System
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Statux)
Tue Nov 3 18:15:20 1998
From: "Statux" <statux@bigfoot.com>
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Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 23:13:15 -0000
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using a more stable video mode or raising the refresh rate should help.
-----Original Message-----
From: Hans von Lengerke <hans@peritas.com>
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Date: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: Flickering X Window System
>On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, George Lenzer wrote:
>
>> I don't know if anyone else has seen this. I have four Linux boxen.
Three
>> of them have Cirrus Logic GD5446 chipset video cards in them. There is
one
>> Diamond Stealth 64 Video 2000 card in the other. These machines have a
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
><snip>
>
>> Has anyone
>> elses ever seen this?
>
>Yes, I have the same card and the screen does flicker. Actually it's more
>like a wobble than a flickering. It looks a bit like when you degauss the
>monitor.
>
>> Any suggestions?
>
>Unfortunately not.
>
>> PS-It also seems to be tied in with the PS fan on each system. This only
>> happens when I run Linux; during heavy processing (compiling) the PS fan
>> seems to make a different sound! Wot the hell is this?
>
>Uh, haven't noticed that.
>
>Hans
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