screen wavy after upgrade to Feisty - refresh rate? can't config display in kcontrol...

[Gilles Gravier]

I still do think that it's a video driver problem, rather than a X.org 
settings issue.

Do you know what graphics controler is in your machine? Even nVIDIA has 
very cheap boards... :)

Gilles.

anthony baldwin wrote:
> Gilles Gravier wrote:
>   
>> This may be a case of you running the open source nVIDIA driver 
>> (rather than the proprietary one) on a machine like the Toshiba Tecra 
>> M2 (you didn't specify your hardware).
>>
>> If you are on an nVIDIA graphics controler, try enabling the screen 
>> effects and as such install the proprietary nVIDIA driver.
>>     
>
> Ah, no, I just have the cheap onboard video, no nVidia.
> Incidentally, I logged out of kde and into gnome and changed
> the refresh rate from 75 to 60, and it seems to have made no difference.
> I will continue to seek another solution.
>
> merci beaucoup pour votre atention,
> tony
>
>   
>> Gilles.
>>
>> anthony baldwin wrote:
>>     
>>> Oi colegas,
>>>
>>> Since upgrading to Feistry from Dapper yesterday, I am noting that
>>> the screen is wavy.  That's the best way I can think of to explain the 
>>> phenomenon.
>>> The image appears to oscillate at a rapid frequency and short wavelength.
>>> I've made no changes to vidcard, etc. since dapper,
>>> but I am operating at a slightly higher screen res.
>>> I can't find where to alter the screen res in kcontrol (using Kubuntu, sim).
>>> I can ignore it while doing lots of stuff, but, considering that I am a 
>>> translator
>>> and spend all day working with written text, and the text is doing this
>>> (I can read fine, but), it is giving me a headache.
>>> I suspect it has something to do with the refresh rate.
>>> Should I be looking at than in my xconf stuff?
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> tony
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
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