Re: Weird refresh rate on LCD
On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 07:58 -0400, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
> Hi.
> I'm thinking this might not be caused by Linux, but Linux is telling
> me weird things about it.
> My laptop boots with all sorts of artifacts on the screen, not
> updating half the pixels, apparently. If I open a terminal, I have to
> wave the mouse around the prompt to see what I've typed. If I close a
> window, it stays until I wave the mouse around to find my desktop.
> When I check screen res, it says 800x600, 61Hz refresh, with no other
> options for either, even though /etc/X11/xorg.conf says:
> HorizSync 28-64
> VertRefresh 43-60
> and lists 1280x1024, 1024x768, 800x600, and 640x480 for each depth.
> However, if I boot to BIOS, or use a boot disk of any kind, I get the
> same thing, except no mouse pointer to wave over the letters to be
> able to read.
If you see it in the BIOS then it is not an operating system artifact.
It sounds like the screen is gone - perhaps not refreshing itself. I
have seen not unsimilar before (caused by external power spike? -
sitting on train above a seriously ill electric engine)
> Debian installation detected 1024x768 as the highest res, and when I
> saw online that my model supports 1280x1024, I tried throwing that in
> too... could that be the problem? I realized later I have a 14.1"
> screen and there is also a 15" model that that spec may have been
> meant for.
> I tried counting the pixels, but I passed out before 100. jk lol
>
> Thanks.
> -Chuckk
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