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DreamAxe

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Registered: 2009-02-19

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Screen shaking on old PC (LCD monitor)

I just installed Arch on an old PC with an intel E8281E onboard vga and a 17' LCD monitor (this PC used to run Arch with Gnome, but the hard drive failed so I had to reinstall and went for LXDE instead).
When I start LXDE, the screen shakes at native resolution (1280x1024), but not in lower resolutions
I'm using the xf86-video-intel driver since it seems to be the most appropriate for this hardware. I tried disabling KMS at boot but nothing changed

Any suggestions?

Edit: My bad, it shakes in all resolutions, it just isn't as visible

Last edited by DreamAxe (2010-08-07 19:51:12)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: Screen shaking on old PC (LCD monitor)

There should be an 'Auto' button (it may be called sth else) on your monitor - it calibrates the screen so it isn't clipped, doesn't shake or isn't "smudged" - give it a try. Refer to you manual for details.

DreamAxe

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Registered: 2009-02-19

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Re: Screen shaking on old PC (LCD monitor)

It was the first thing I tried, it didn't do anything

Last edited by DreamAxe (2010-08-07 19:53:38)

karol

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Re: Screen shaking on old PC (LCD monitor)

Try switching to vesa drivers.

Post your Xorg.0.log.

DreamAxe

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Re: Screen shaking on old PC (LCD monitor)

Vesa works OK, but it's not a viable alternative

here's the Xorg.0.log

karol

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Re: Screen shaking on old PC (LCD monitor)

Old Intel card needs xf86-video-intel-legacy, which isn't supported by the new xorg-server. I don't know if yours is that old.

[  2805.706] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)

Maybe you should check your refresh settings? Wrong refreshing causes "shaking" or "blurring".

[  2805.712] (**) intel(0): DPI set to (95, 96)

Try setting your dpi to 96,96.