From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 27 19:08:56 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 5CE7937B401 for ; Tue, 27 May 2003 19:08:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5C0943F75 for ; Tue, 27 May 2003 19:08:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) id h4S28sG1042048 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 27 May 2003 21:08:54 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 21:08:53 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030528020853.GB53505@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20030528012755.GA70477@webserver.get-linux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030528012755.GA70477@webserver.get-linux.org> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.1-BETA X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i 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: Wed, 28 May 2003 02:08:56 -0000 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? 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. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com