From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 28 17:07:03 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 064E037B401 for ; Wed, 28 May 2003 17:07:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from adsl-64-161-78-226.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net (adsl-64-161-78-226.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [64.161.78.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4B31343F3F for ; Wed, 28 May 2003 17:07:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from oremanj@adsl-64-161-78-226.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net) Received: (qmail 76835 invoked by uid 1001); 29 May 2003 00:08:30 -0000 Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 17:08:30 -0700 From: Joshua Oreman To: Dan Nelson Message-ID: <20030529000830.GC76699@webserver.get-linux.org> References: <20030528012755.GA70477@webserver.get-linux.org> <20030528020853.GB53505@dan.emsphone.com> <20030528032703.GA70993@webserver.get-linux.org> <20030528142754.GA92409@dan.emsphone.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030528142754.GA92409@dan.emsphone.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dark lines on monitor X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 00:07:03 -0000 On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 09:27:54AM -0500 or thereabouts, Dan Nelson seemed to write: > In the last episode (May 27), Joshua Oreman said: > > On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 09:08:53PM -0500 or thereabouts, Dan Nelson seemed to write: > > > In the last episode (May 27), Joshua Oreman said: > > > > I've been using my monitor, an HP Pavillion M70, for about 2 > > > > years. But just the other day, all of a sudden, gray lines > > > > started appearing on lines containing black - the more black, the > > > > more gray on the *whole* line across the monitor. It happens both > > > > on X and console (but on the console, it's only really noticable > > > > when hiliting stuff). The funny thing is, the same monitor works > > > > fine on another computer in Windows. > > > > > > .. also using the same resolution and refresh rate? > > > > I don't know: I brought the monitor (under warranty) to BestBuy - they > > plugged it in to their M$ box and it worked fine. Brought it back home - > > still same problem/ > > Then the monitor's probably fine.. > > > > If you're using custom modelines, try dropping to a standard > > > refresh rate. Or if your monitor and video card support DPMS, > > > remove all modelines from your config file, put option "dpms" in > > > your Monitor section, and let X determine a good refresh rate. > > > > Good advice, but it happened on console too - even at standard 80x25. > > If it happens in text mode, it's not FreeBSD's fault :) Could be the > video card going bad, although I haven't seen your symptoms before > myself. > > > BTW: How can I know if my monitor supports DPMS? > > Check the manual. Accoring to hp.com, yours does. > > http://www.hp.com/cposupport/prodhome/hppavilion18300.html Yep... silly me. Right after I sent that, I realized I *was* using DPMS to write this! I guess my video card's gone bad. Thanks for all the help, -- Josh > > -- > Dan Nelson > dnelson@allantgroup.com