[linux-help] Re: X has ghosts and literally giving me a headache

[Clint Brubakken <cabrubak@xxxxxxx>]

I've actually been going between run level's 5 and 3 and back to change
them, just didn't want to close all my windows right now



On Tue, 2002-06-11 at 21:05, Jeff Vian wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Clint Brubakken wrote:
> > Thats what it got by probing my monitor. It will only do 1280x1024 at
> > 60hz. Its a samtron 77V. The video card is a Sis 8meg onboard. 
> > 
> > It doesn't give the headache it used to, but I still have the ghosts (2
> > mostly white lines that follow the cursor)
> > 
> > I haven't restarted x since I made changes with the shadow, so that
> > might fix that.
> 
> 
> ALWAYS restart after configuration changes in order for them to take effect.
> 
> 
> > 
> > Is the a way to tell what refresh rate its using? It is capable to do
> > 1024x768@85 hz, with windows, but how to do that with X?
> > 
> 
> If you start X from the command line, you can redirect all output to a 
> file that can be reviewed to see what is actually done.
>    "startx > logfile 2>&1"
> 
> 
> >
> 
> 
> > 
> > On Tue, 2002-06-11 at 17:50, Jeff Vian wrote:
> > 
> >>I noted your monitor is set for:
> >>
> >>          HorizSync   30-70
> >>          VertRefresh 50-160
> >>
> >>Mine is set for :
> >>          HorizSync   30-107
> >>          VertRefresh 50-170
> >>      on 3 different systems (with vodoo4 4500 card (32mb) ,
> >>                     with GeForce2 (32mb),
> >>                    and with Diamond Monster Fusion (16mb)
> >>I am using a KVM switch to allow one monitor on all 3 systems and
> >>have no "shadows"
> >>
> >>I would suggest trying a slight change in the horiz sync range to see if
> >>that fixes the problem. Possibly 30-90 or some such to allow it to 
> >>select the best value for your monitor.
> >>
> >>
> >>Clint Brubakken wrote:
> >>
> >>>I upgraded to redhat 7.3, via apt (painful, don't try this at home). And
> >>>it installed XFree86 4.2 (after removing my existing XFree86). 
> >>>
> >>>So I had to set-up X again, so I did it the "red-hat" way, and ran
> >>>Xconfigurator, and it probed my monitor and video card right (except it
> >>>didn't detect how much memory on the video card). 
> 
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