Re: shadows on Samsung SyncMaster 753dfx

From: Lourens Steenkamp (lourens_at_dorje.co.za)
Date: 10/31/04

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    Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 08:08:41 +0200
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    Lourens replying to Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:

    > Hi Debian!
    >
    > I thought I was smart and since I was satisfied with my Samsung
    > SyncMaster 750s I bought a flatscreen 753dfx.
    >
    > Terrible decision.
    >
    > The 753dfx has shadows.
    >
    > It is the monitor because if I swap the videocards the shadows follow
    >
    > this monitor.
    >
    > Everything shown is duplicated in shadowformat, several times.
    >
    > Anybody have a pointer on how to minimize it?
    >
    > Thanks.
    >

    Strange as I have been using one of these for a while?
    Here are the relevant sections of my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4:

    Section "Module"
            Load "GLcore"
            Load "bitmap"
            Load "dbe"
            Load "ddc"
            Load "dri"
            Load "extmod"
            Load "freetype"
            Load "glx"
            Load "int10"
            Load "record"
            Load "speedo"
            Load "type1"
            Load "vbe"
    EndSection

    Section "Device"
            Identifier "Radeon 7500"
            Driver "radeon"
            Option "UseFBDev" "true"
    EndSection

    Section "Monitor"
            Identifier "Samsung 753DFX"
            HorizSync 30-60
            VertRefresh 50-75
            Option "DPMS"
    EndSection

    Section "Screen"
            Identifier "Default Screen"
            Device "Radeon 7500"
            Monitor "Samsung 753DFX"
            DefaultDepth 24
            SubSection "Display"
                    Depth 1
                    Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
            EndSubSection
            SubSection "Display"
                    Depth 4
                    Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
            EndSubSection
            SubSection "Display"
                    Depth 8
                    Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
            EndSubSection
            SubSection "Display"
                    Depth 15
                    Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
            EndSubSection
            SubSection "Display"
                    Depth 16
                    Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
            EndSubSection
            SubSection "Display"
                    Depth 24
                    Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
            EndSubSection
    EndSection

    Section "DRI"
            Mode 0666
    EndSection

    BTW. I saw this "ghosting" on a Samsung 173V last week, faulty monitor -
    in general, I am not impressed with their LCD monitors ...

    HTH

    *****

    Lourens Steenkamp
    Enjoying Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r2

    *****

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    Now is forever ...
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