John Jason Jordan wrote: > My desktop computer (Lucid, x86_64, up to date) uses the nVidia 6150 on > the motherboard. The monitor is a Samsung SyncMaster 206BW LCD display, > roughly three years old, maybe four. I am using the proprietary nVidia > driver. > > The monitor has always worked fine, but a couple of days ago upon > restoring from the screensaver in the morning the monitor flashed on > and off for 10-20 times before finally displaying the screen. The day > before it worked fine. Every time I try to restore from the screensaver > now I get the same flashing. The flashing is not completely regular; > the screen flashes the display for a quarter of a second every two to > four seconds. > > Today I needed to reboot the computer for the first time since this > started. When the login screen tried to display I got the same > flashing. In other words, restarting the computer did not change > anything. > > I don't have any other monitors to substitute for testing purposes. > > Any troubleshooting suggestions or other observations welcome.
If you can, try connecting the monitor to your laptop. Also, I wouldn't rule out a problem with your video card rather than the monitor. Bill's suggestion about checking the cabling is also a good one. -- Galen Seitz [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
