On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, Michael Holt wrote:
> >
> > > 2. The second computer I installed to (IBM Aptiva AMD K-6/2 350 with an
> > > onboard ATI RAGE pro 4MB video card and an old 14" Sony monitor) flips
> > > out when you use the screen saver. The screensaver comes on just fine,
> > > but after a few minutes, it starts to move really fast and just starts
> > > scrambling the screen or it will just go black. When you move the mouse
> > > or hit a key, it comes back. Weird?
> > >
> >
> > The screen going blank after a certain time is no mystery, as the Mach64
> > server supports DPMS. But the other porblem looks strange - does it do the
> > same thing with all screensavers or just some screensavers in
> > particular?
>
> Evidently it doesn't happen with all screensavers, I've had 'bats' on
> for about 15 minutes and it's working fine. Could it be a problem with
> DPMS?
Well, if it just goes blank, yes it's normal - unless it doesn't
unblank when you move the mouse/hit a key. But which screensavers do
scramble the screen?
> >
> > Huh? imwheel is called from startx! Has someone reverted my changes ?
>
> Is that not through the autostart folder? There was a copy of imwheel
> in that folder after I did a fresh install.
>
Well, someone has modified what I've done without me being informed...
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