From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 7 16:23:21 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4E4916A4CE for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 16:23:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [216.148.227.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49AC143D31 for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 16:23:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from [208.206.151.59] (host59.gtisd.com[208.206.151.59]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with ESMTP id <2005040716232001400ehaife>; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 16:23:20 +0000 Message-ID: <42555E9C.6070600@computer.org> Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 11:23:56 -0500 From: Eric Schuele User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050325) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Godwin Stewart References: <20050404131547.GA21834@kierun.org> <20050404153752.2513edf0.gstewart@bonivet.net> In-Reply-To: <20050404153752.2513edf0.gstewart@bonivet.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg problem with 5.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 16:23:21 -0000 Godwin Stewart wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 14:15:47 +0100, Yann Golanski wrote: > > >>I am having an issue with Xorg under FreeBSD 5.3: The screen has lots >>of small wave-like patterns descending along the screen whenever the CPU >>does any work. My monitor is a Viglen CRT. > > > I think this is more likely to be an issue with the graphics adapter than > with the monitor. The monitor has no way of knowing if the CPU is under > load or not and therefore cannot react to it. The graphics adapter, OTOH, > could be experiencing EMI from the CPU fan as it steps up power with the I'll second the EMI. I have a baby monitor 6 feet from my wifes desktop. Her screen saver simply floats random images across the screen. When the image is moving... you can hear it (static) in the baby monitor. Very annoying. > CPU heating up, or maybe just reacting to the extra heat from the CPU if > it's near enough. Or maybe the shielding in the Sub-D connected to > the monitor is bust. > > Either way round we don't have enough information to go on here, but I > expect the problem is not the monitor in any case. > > >>Versions are: xorg-6.8.2 on FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE. > > > More to the point, what type of CPU is it, what kind of graphics card on > what bus, and how far away from the CPU? > > - -- > G. Stewart - gstewart@bonivet.net > > There are only 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand > binary, and those who don't. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) > > iD8DBQFCUUMwK5oiGLo9AcYRAtbVAJ9maUtjXe7D05ZvcTdR+A0/voAwXwCgi0Pl > 0dITO5VbBwKgi0O2jLk8XPI= > =esMs > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Regards, Eric