From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 15 04:14:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 9532616A4DA for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:14:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@celestial.com) Received: from mail.mi.celestial.com (hayek.celestial.com [192.136.111.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B2C343D46 for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:14:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bill@celestial.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mi.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A18F12B259; Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:14:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.mi.celestial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (alexis.mi.celestial.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 87745-01; Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:14:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id 88FEC12B215; Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:14:34 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:14:34 -0700 From: Bill Campbell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060815041434.GB87576@alexis.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <44E14097.8050102@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44E14097.8050102@comcast.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mi.celestial.com Subject: Re: Horizontal Streaking on Monitor X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:14:35 -0000 On Mon, Aug 14, 2006, Chris wrote: >My Video card is an old origional Geforce 256 SDR. I am experiencing >horizontal streaking in graphics and text mode. But after fouling >around in X11 it's very noticable. I thought it might be the scan rate >but text mode doesn't have a high scan rate by default. The monitor is >fine. And why I am using a KVM I get the same results connecting the >monitor directly to the video card. I'm thinking it's the video card in >conjunction with the mothboard because I never had any trouble with that >card before. Any ideas? Most of the problems I've seen like this when using KVM switches are due to flakey cables< usually el-cheapo KVM cables. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 ``Capitalism works primarily because most of the ways that a company can be scum end up being extremely bad for business when there's working competition.'' -rra