On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 22:18:04 -0500 Andy Goth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 25, 2003 10:09 pm, Case Jones wrote: > > On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 21:28:27 -0500 > > Andy Goth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > GIMP-1.3 says it's a 1329x6 pixel image. Is that really what you want? > > > > That image contains the essential ingredients to make my screen flicker > > every single time. To use it, the entire image needs to be visible, and > > I get the most flickering when the image is close to the left edge of the > > screen. The image came from a gimp windowshot of mozilla displaying a > > company website, and I cropped it down until the resultant image was of > > a reasonable size to send to the mailing list. I tried it again right > > now, and it still makes my LCD flicker. > > How weird. Do you get the same flickering if you display the image using > fbcon or svgalib or Microsoft Windows or MetroX or anything besides XFree86? > If so, it's either your graphics card or monitor. If not, it's XFree86. > Either way, it's strange. > > You say this came from a screenshot. What resolution are you using? What > refresh rate does your screen run at? Have you tried with different > resolutions and/or refresh rates? If your monitor or graphics card has an > option to scale the image to fill the screen, try toggling it. Also, see if > the image still causes trouble if you rotate the colors, convert it to > black-and-white, rescale it horizontally, drop the red, green, and/or blue > channels, blur it horizontally, and so on. > Here's the output of "xrandr": [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xrandr SZ: Pixels Physical Refresh *0 1600 x 1200 ( 572mm x 429mm ) *85 75 70 65 60 1 1280 x 1024 ( 572mm x 429mm ) 79 68 54 2 1024 x 768 ( 572mm x 429mm ) 72 60 57 50 3 800 x 600 ( 572mm x 429mm ) 63 56 55 45 40 4 640 x 480 ( 572mm x 429mm ) 56 49 39 5 640 x 350 ( 572mm x 429mm ) 65 6 640 x 400 ( 572mm x 429mm ) 58 Current rotation - normal Current reflection - none Rotations possible - normal Reflections possible - none (Out of curiousity, I wonder why the refresh rate gets lower with lower resolutions.. does that have to do with using an LCD monitor?) scaled (in all directions) to 105% no flickering 103% no flickering 101% flickering 91% lots of flickering 86% no flickering lower than that, I haven't been able to get flickering If I use "xrandr -s 1", and try the image again, I can get flickering if I make the image approximately the same size relative to the physical screen (For instance, if I change the zoom to about 72%.). Case _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
