From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Apr 8 00:38:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA09712 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 00:38:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA09702 for ; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 00:38:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA13898; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 17:08:24 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id RAA13309; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 17:08:23 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980408170823.30495@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 17:08:23 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Jan Koum Cc: David Kelly , FreeBSD-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Summary: shopping for new video adapter References: <19980408150849.45215@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: ; from Jan Koum on Wed, Apr 08, 1998 at 12:25:09AM -0700 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 8 April 1998 at 0:25:09 -0700, Jan Koum wrote: > On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> Ah, your requirements are different. I currently have a 17" on the >> floor below the desk to my left, but I only turn it on if the system >> it is connected to feels unhappy. Otherwise I have the 2 21" monitors >> side by side, and I wouldn't want to spread them. The only > > Wait. You don't have any distortion on the screen from having two > huge monitors so close to each other? No. > At work I have a 21" on FreeBSD and 19" on Sparc and I have to keep > them at least 3 feet a part or else the screen on one (or both) > start to "jiggle" (shake). I used to have that with some older monitors, but I tuned it out with judicious adjustment of the scan frequencies. > While we are talking monitors. An odd problem I run into with my > BSD machine. It is a Dell PII 266 with Matrox Millennium II AGP card. It is > connected to the 21" Gateway Vivitron monitor. When I run 4.1 AccelX, I > get a little yellow spot (about 2x2 inches) in the top left corner. Don't > think it is AccelX since even though it is hard to see in the normal tty, > the yellow cloud is still there. I'll try using vidcontrol next time to be > sure. I tried changing the monitor withe same one -- still there. I tried > changing the monitor cable -- still there. I switched from normal DB cable > to BNC type connector -- still there. Could it be the card?!? I'd guess it's overheating. Is it there after the screen blanker has been on for a while? Try turning down the intensity and see if it goes away. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message