CRT flickering like mad on wakeup

[Basil Chupin]

On 18/10/2010 12:37, Ric Moore wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 11:22 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
>    
>> On 16/10/2010 07:46, Ric Moore wrote:
>>      
>>> My old huge Dell CRT flickers like crazy after it goes into sleep mode
>>> and wakes up when I move the mouse. I've turned off all of the
>>> "power-savers" I can find. I'm not running compiz. I mean it really puts
>>> on a display, changing resolutions. I'm afraid I'll toast this older
>>> beast. Any suggestions? Ric
>>>
>>>        
>> It's on the way out.
>>
>> Do you have a repair shop in your area which still handles CRT monitors
>> (we had one here but it closed down due to lack of patronage)? They'll
>> tell you what could be the cause - probably a simple replacement of some
>> small component.
>>      
> As long as it doesn't go to sleep, no probs. No probs since I got rid of
> that suspicious looking DPMS thing in xorg.conf. Some of these new
> fangled things going on under the hood of my linux box are past the
> realm of audience participation.

Oh, I think that you like to create all these "hurdles" for yourself 
just to keep us entertained :-) .

All this should be available to you in either 
System>Preferences>Screensaver and/or in the 
System>Administration>nVidia X Server Settings :-) .

Aaaah...but then you ARE running an Ubuntu system contaminated with KDE, 
aren't you? :-D

BC

PS I still think that the CRT monitor is on the way out. Some component 
cannot handle the strain and is displaying that strain by doing what you 
are seeing. Had a similar problem with one of my CRTs when I was using them.

-- 
"If it weren't for electricity we'd be all watching television by candlelight."
                 George Gobel