On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 08:25:42 +0200 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Nikos Chantziaras <rea...@arcor.de> [11-07-10 08:12]: > > On 07/10/2011 03:23 AM, Dale wrote: > > >Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > >>On 07/10/2011 12:59 AM, john wrote: > > >>> > > >>>Help. > > >>> > > >>>I have tried everything to remove thunderbugs which are causing > > >>>havoc > > >>>behind my screen. Small black mites have taken over xorg-server! > > >>> > > >>>rm -r thunderbugs > > >> > > >>I'm having trouble understanding what the issue is. I assume > > >>you're not talking about insects stuck on the TFT panel of your > > >>monitor. That > > >>what exactly are you talking about? > > > > > >I was wondering the same thing. I was to chicken to ask because I > > >thought it might be some fancy new software that I haven't heard > > >about yet. Could it be thunderbird? That's the only thing I could > > >find in the > > >portage tree. > > > > > >At least I wasn't the only one confused. Sort of had that a lot > > >here lately. :/ > > > > Well, I guess it's really thunderbugs then :-P Sometimes very > > small insects get inside the monitor, and get fried when they walk > > on the TFT panel. They're visible and pretty much equivalent to a > > bunch of dead pixels. It's virtually impossible to get them out > > again. > > > > This is the reason I never bought a TFT monitor with cooling slits > > on it; only tightly closed ones with external power supplies. No > > insects can get in that way. > > > > > > There are sealed ones, too. > > Best regards, > mcc > >
Yes , Had a pesky invasion of little insects behind my screen. Of which a lot have seemed to stop moving. Think I'll a get sealed tft next time. I'll try sucking them out with a hoover. Damn things, tft was 350 pounds, you think it should have anti critters device. -- -------------- John D Maunder j...@jdm.myzen.co.uk
