On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:59:12 -0500 Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm guessing some device is injecting 60 cycle into your system > somewhere, and if you can avoid it you can avoid finding the device. I > don't think it's your monitor going bad, although I've never seen this > with an LCD display. I moved my computers around again and "reclaimed" my previous desktop computer, the one that I was using up until I got this one. Now the problem appears to be gone. I'm pretty sure it's something flaky about the onboard video in the new computer -- this monitor seems fine when it's hooked back up to the other computer. > You said you moved the computer with respect to the monitor, did you > just move the monitor around? I actually moved the computer from under my desk to under a table that's a few feet away and around a corner. Which was handy when I moved my "old computer" back in here because I just put it back where it sat before. > Get a new > coffee maker lately? ;-) I actually had about half of my apartment and office rewired about two weeks ago. I re-did the ceiling tile in the kitchen and it seemed to be the opportune time to rationalize and update the wiring. But that was two weeks ago and the problem didn't show up until this Friday when I hooked up my new computer. More and more, it appears that the problem is in the new computer. I shall see what I can round up in the way of a video card tomorrow (today is a holiday here so the computer store is closed) and then go from there. I'm thinking that I should try an ATI card due to their new "open source" policy. My experiences with Nvidia cards on Linux were several years ago and were uniformly bad. Things may have changed since then (maybe) but I still have bad feelings about it. I still like the onboard Intel stuff because it just works right out-of-the-box on a Linux install -- no drivers to fiddle with or anything. But that may not be an option in this situation. I did put F8 on a Dell laptop for someone a couple of months ago. It had an ATI-something-or-other video chipset and it just worked too, somewhat to my surprise. I suppose what I end up with will depend largely on what Garry has on the shelf in his shop at the moment. Does anyone have any recommendations? -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com
