going dim

[Gary Kirkpatrick]

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Steve Reilly <sfreilly at roadrunner.com>wrote:

> Gary Kirkpatrick wrote:
> > I installed Intrepid recently.   From time to time, and increasingly so
> > I think, the application I am using goes dim, brightens, then may go dim
> > again, sometimes freezing.  The system becomes very sluggish, the
> > processor is at 100%.  If I reboot things usually get better for a
> > while.  Sounds like a video card issue.  I am using a Dell 600m.  I have
> > about 5 gigs of space left, which should be enough for swapping.  375
> > megs of memory.  I did not have this problem in Hardy.
> >
> > Any suggestions appreciated.
> >
> > gary
> >
>
> by any chance are you using desktop effects?  ive had the same problem
> before on underpowered cards/chipset.  disabling effects always worked
> for me.
>
>
> steve
>
>
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No, I have not enable desktop effects.

gary
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