From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 5 18:53:35 2004 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 9504C16A4CE for ; Sat, 5 Jun 2004 18:53:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from HostMaster.esolute.net (hostmaster.esolute.net [69.57.146.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F59F43D31 for ; Sat, 5 Jun 2004 18:53:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jacob@rhoden.id.au) Received: from dialup-74.94.221.203.acc50-dryb-mel.comindico.com.au ([203.221.94.74]) by HostMaster.esolute.net with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BWmqX-00010W-Iv for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 06 Jun 2004 11:53:14 +1000 From: Jacob Rhoden Organization: Dominoid Software To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 11:54:18 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200406061154.18041.jacob@rhoden.id.au> X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - HostMaster.esolute.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - rhoden.id.au X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: Large window causes monitor to degauss/reset!! 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: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 01:53:35 -0000 I discovered the problem and describe it for future reference: I had the correct vertical and horizontal refresh rate range set for the monitor and X Windows chose the wrong refresh rate for the resolution I was using (ie a monitor cant use its maximum refresh rate at its higher resolutions). Decreasing the maximum refresh rate fixed it! Thanks for your responses. Jacob Jacob Rhoden wrote: > I have been using freebsd for quite some time now, I have come across > a machine with a 19" viewmaster, whereby if you open a window > bigger than about 500x500 pixels, the monitor resets and degausses > every 8 seconds until you close the window. Has anyone had this > happen to them? And how did you fix it? (Freebsd 5.2.1, fairly current > XFree86 with fairly current KDE). ______________________________________ Jacob Rhoden - http://rhoden.id.au/