Re: problem with display breaking up
On 07/01/2015 01:54 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
A client is reporting the following problem:
"The break up of the picture always occurs after I have just logged in
and then click the mouse cursor onto an icon such as icedove or
iceweasel"
"When clicking the mouse on an icon eg.for icedove or iceweasel, the
picture fragments sometimes."
We have more or less excluded the monitor. File corruption is not unlikely,
given that he has been handling a mouse problem by turning the computer off
at the wall. The computer eventually failed to boot, but that has been fixed
with an fsck. I have fsck'ed every partition on the hard drive.
Do I try installing another video card? But it feels like a software problem.
So where next?
The mouse problem has been fixed by using a different usb port.
I have googled and got nowhere.
Any ideas where next, please. Try a "new" video card to eliminate it as a
possible cause? And have video card driver problems. :-(
I would:
1. Backup data and system configuration settings.
2. Take an image of the system drive.
3. Test the power supply with a hardware power supply tester.
4. Test the RAM with BIOS, memtest86+, etc..
5. Test the hard disk and/or solid state drive(s) with bootable
manufacturer's diagnostic utilities disc(s).
6. Remove the system drive and install another.
7. Test and wipe the new system drive.
8. Install Debian Wheezy and desired applications.
9. Restore data and/or system configuration settings.
David
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