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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!cantor.edge.net.au!news.teragen.com.au!news.access.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!ix.netcom.com!news From: Richard Scranton <scrantr@ix.netcom.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: wavy video under X ? Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 17:42:28 -0500 Organization: LDA Systems, Columbus Lines: 21 Message-ID: <331CA554.C26@ix.netcom.com> References: <5fi3dh$7hc@saluki-news.it.siu.edu> Reply-To: scrantr@ix.netcom.com NNTP-Posting-Host: col-oh1-10.ix.netcom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-NETCOM-Date: Tue Mar 04 5:09:16 PM CST 1997 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:36571 In the absence of an external magnetic field (like the computer's power supply), the wave probbly indicates that the monitor's power supply is unable to provide a steady voltage to the magnetic focus collar on he neck of the tube. Is it still under warranty? Jim Dutton wrote: > > I have been running X11R6.1 (XFree86) for some time now, and lately, the > screen has begun to wave (on a Gateway-2000, Vivtron 1572 monitor). I used > Xvidtune to see if changing mode sizes would help, and while it did slow the > wave down in a couple of the modes, it hasn't emlimnted the wave altogether. > > There isn't any magnetic source near the monitor. > > How bad of an indicator is this wave, and what else should be done about it? -- ======================================================================== Richard Scranton - LDA Systems, Columbus scrantr@ix.netcom.com