Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster

From	hobie@rumormillnews.com
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster
Date	2019-07-14 02:40 +0200
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>> >>>
>> >> Whoa!  I tried to take screenshots so folks could see what I've
>> >> been trying to describe. Shot of normal screen turns out as
>> >> expected.  Shot of
>> >> psychedelic screen turns out ... identical to shot of normal
>> >> screen!!! In
>> >> other words, what's present in graphic memory space is not the
>> >> same as what's being transmitted to my display/monitor,
>> >> sometimes.  Where's Rod Serling when we need him...? :)
>> >>
>> >>
>> > What display/monitor do you use? Do you connect it using HDMI cable?
>> > I remember another list user was asking same question with identical
>> > symptoms sometime ago.
>> >
>> > --
>> > With kindest regards, Alexander.
>> >
>> Thanks -- the brand is AOC, connected via VGA cable, there's a DVI
>> port on the card but no HDMI one.  (If I plug an HDMI converter in
>> via USB, would that work?)
>>
>
> It should, but the DVI from a computer ought to work into an HDMI
> monitor, though of course it needs an adaptor plug. I've done that
> before.
>
> This sounds like a graphics driver problem, so the DVI may also be
> affected, but maybe not. The colour encoding is very different from VGA.
>
> --
> Joe

I found a DVI cable - turns out the display / monitor has a DVI connection
but not an HDMI one - and hooked it up.  Again, no joy - so I guess we've
narrowed the problem down to the driver...?

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Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster hobie@rumormillnews.com - 2019-07-13 00:00 +0200
  Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster Charlie Kravetz <charlie@keepingdreams.com> - 2019-07-13 01:40 +0200
    Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster hobie@rumormillnews.com - 2019-07-13 02:30 +0200
      Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster Charlie Kravetz <charlie@keepingdreams.com> - 2019-07-13 05:10 +0200
        Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster hobie@rumormillnews.com - 2019-07-13 09:30 +0200
        Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster hobie@rumormillnews.com - 2019-07-13 09:50 +0200
          Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-07-13 10:10 +0200
            Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster hobie@rumormillnews.com - 2019-07-13 10:20 +0200
              Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2019-07-13 10:50 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster hobie@rumormillnews.com - 2019-07-14 02:40 +0200
              Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-07-13 11:10 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster hobie@rumormillnews.com - 2019-07-14 00:10 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2019-07-14 01:30 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-07-14 08:50 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster hobie@rumormillnews.com - 2019-07-14 09:10 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2019-07-14 10:10 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-07-14 19:10 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster hobie@rumormillnews.com - 2019-07-17 01:00 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster Étienne Mollier <etienne.mollier@mailoo.org> - 2019-07-17 12:20 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-07-18 08:50 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2019-07-14 09:20 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2019-07-14 12:50 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2019-07-14 17:50 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> - 2019-07-14 18:00 +0200
              Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2019-07-13 12:50 +0200
                Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster hobie@rumormillnews.com - 2019-07-14 00:20 +0200

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