On Monday 17 November 2003 19:34, Andy Green wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Monday 17 November 2003 17:44, Mike Klinke wrote: > > http://www.futzin.com/vertical_lines.jpg > > > > Look at the vertical lines at the top of each window. > > Just a guess... looks like the bitmap that makes the backdrop of the > toolbar is not being copied properly. In ye old days, drivers used > to cache small bitmaps in videocard memory and do the bitblt entirely > local to there for speed. So maybe there is a problem with your AGP, > either in power, speed, heat, or the memory region set aside for it > in the BIOS. Or God help us, a cursed VIA chipset sent from the > Bowels of Hell. > > Or none of the above :-) > > - -Andy Haha! Since there's been no response like; "That happens to me too!" I guess it is local to this laptop. As you can tell, it isn't a showstopper but it would be nice find out what the cause is. Since this only happens on Linux (it's a dual boot w/ Win2k) I was thinking software but ....... Regards, Mike Klinke
