From: john@mikejag.wimsey.bc.ca (John A. Green) Subject: Re: I think my monitor is exploding..help Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1993 01:11:31 GMT
I think my monitor is exploding too!
In article <284iiq$l50@news.umbc.edu> john@midget.towson.edu (John Banghart) writes:
>Ok, here's the deal.
>I have a tvga8900cl card with 1mb. I installed SLS 1.03 and the whole
>thing went off without a hitch. I modified the Xconfig files and set it
>up to the best of my ability. I inserted a line for my chipset and
>modified the other parts according to the FAQ. Xwindows runs fine but
>when I start it up, my monitor flickers, makes a awfully loud *click*
>and the screen goes dead. Not just blank, but dead. The power is still
>on though. After about 1/2 a second it flickers again, and then X starts
>to come up. It also seems that the monitor is growing abnormally hot
>after what seems to be a short period of time.
FUNNY you should mention this...!
I just went through the same procedure, with EXACTLY the same software
& tvga card, two days ago. It sounds like you are running into the same
problem that I did; your monitor is interlaced, and you are trying to run
X as though the monitor is non-interlaced (or vice-versa).
Try changing your Modes entry:
"1024x768" to "1024x768i".
That worked for me. But I actually took that entry out entirely, and just
use the 800x600 config; it's a lot more legible on my screen.
NOW: please take this advice for what it's worth: very little. I just
started on this Linux/X/vga business, and...
My monitor is still EXPLODING. I just sat down in the den, and was
startled to hear the crackle of electricity. I looked at my monitor, and
it was black (screen-saver), except for the odd flash and flicker and
sound of electical cracking.
Electricity makes me nervous at the best of times. Guess how long it
took me to kill the power on the monitor, computer, and every other
electrical appliance that just looked at me funny.
HELP!??? Is it the screen saver? X server? Bad card? Bad monitor?
Bad hair day? Mine is a 'Darius' interlaced SVGA monitor HRV-1025.
Even after I turned it off, it crackled. It's staying off until I get
some advice. So there.
-- John A Green PROGRESS programmer at large john@mikejag.wimsey.bc.ca Vancouver, Canada