[linux-help] Weird ghost images in X

[Benjamin Bunck <bbunck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This may not be linux related, but here goes:

I unlocked my screen this morning and open up an Xterm.  I then noticed 
that this creates a horizontal "ghost".  That is, my black backgrounded 
Xterm smears in the horizontal direction making my lighter colored desktop 
wallpaper have a greyish tint along the same horizontal rows of pixels 
used by the xterm.  I then saw that any other window-object has the same 
effect, although its most noticable with Xterms.

I've noticed:

1.  It doesn't seem to be the monitor, since I borrowed an identical 
monitor with exactly the same results.

2.  Magnetic interference is a possibility, but moving my computer to an 
different location also had the same results.

I doublechecked my XF86Config, but no luck so far.  This seems like a 
hardware problem since it just happened without my intervention, but 
seeing as it isn't a monitor, that pretty much leaves only the video card.  

Does anyone have any pointers, insight, or experience with something like 
this?  I'd like a second opinion before I start looking for hardware.

Thanks,

Ben



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