thinkpad screen flicker?
Matt wrote:
IBM ThinkPad 755C (WD90C24)
Help! I've just installed the 'potato' distribution and the x-window
system core components. The screen flickers randomly (more often
when using the mouse) while in working within x. I didn't have this
problem using the same settings with the 'slink' distribution. What
is going on?
I had similar problems on my Thinkpad 570. Whenever the ambient
temperature got too hot, the left edge of the screen would start to
flicker. This was after I had been using it for months. On a regular
monitor, if your XF86Config settings are off, you notice it right
away. I would guess that the mapping to the pixels on an LCD are more
"direct", so you can get away with having things be not quite perfect.
I just fiddled with the XF86Config settings using xvidtune (I think I
put the various numbers more toward the "center") and I haven't had
any problems since.
Walter Landry
landry@physics.utah.edu
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