[40908] in Hotline Meeting
problems with some SGI monitors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew D Blum)
Wed Nov 26 15:36:17 1997
To: hotline@MIT.EDU
Cc: mdblum@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 15:34:03 EST
From: Matthew D Blum <mdblum@MIT.EDU>
I've noticed a problem with some of the SGI monitors, especially those
in the fifth floor student center cluster. Every once in a while, the
monitor will display windows really poorly. It's almost as if it
refuses to display every other column of pixels, resulting in windows
having a bunch of dark vertical stripes. The window titles and pop-up
menus (made by clicking on the background) are sometimes barely
readable because of this problem. Right now, I am on w20-575-83 and I
am having the problem, and I also see it on w20-575-85. Is this a
hardware bug or it is a "power-saving" mode on the monitor? Is there
a button I'm supposed to press or a command to type to get rid of
these lines so I can read my windows? Am I just missing something
stupid or is this really a bug?
If you could look into this it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,
--Matt Blum
