[61442] in Hotline Meeting
OLC question about "workstations" (QUICKSTATION-LOBBY-16-1 monitor cable)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (cfox@MIT.EDU)
Fri Sep 20 21:40:50 2002
From: cfox@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 21:40:48 -0400
Message-Id: <200209210140.VAA24402@myxomycete.mit.edu>
To: "Ping Huang" <pshuang@MIT.EDU>, hotline@MIT.EDU
Reply-to: "Athena On-Line Consulting" <olc@MIT.EDU>
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> Log Initiated for user Ping Huang (pshuang@QUICKSTATION-LOBBY-16-1.MIT.EDU [0]).
> [Fri 20-Sep-02 7:11pm]
>
> Topic: workstations
>
> Question:
> quickstation-lobby-16-2.mit.edu appears to have a bad monitor cable.
> I tried adjusting the connection but it didn't get better. The symptom
> is that the screen image is very very dim. However, if I press one
> of the monitor's buttons to bring up an image adjustment menu, that menu
> is as bright as it normally would be.
>
> Machine info:
> Version : Athena Workstation (linux) Version 9.1.14 Tue Aug 20 00:35:47 EDT 2002
> Processor: Linux 2.4.18-5 on i686
> Display : XFree86 3.3.6a SVGA
> Memory : user=260243; phys=267051 (260 M)
> ___________________________________________________________
>
Ping,
I'm forwarding your report to the hardware services group,
hotline@mit.edu, since they're the ones who perform physical maintenance
of the public workstations.
I'll close your case in OLC.
-Camilla
