al3xu5 via Dng said on Fri, 17 Jan 2025 11:05:11 +0100

>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 07:20:55 -0500 - Haines Brown via Dng
><dng@???>:
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>> Bottom half of display is black or flickering grey cloud. In top
>> half, black lines start to dislay in mid dislay and eventuallhy
>> reach top. Faint images of text I was working on yesterday is
>> supermimposed. One virtual desktop can't be accessed and instead
>> displays another. Mouse and keyboard operate normally.
>>
>> My intuitiion was that this is an X window system problem, but
>> reinstalling then did not help. is it the motherboard? When I boot
>> to another drive the problem appears with it as well
>
>The first check I would do is:
>- turn off computer and monitor
>- completely disconnect the video cable
>- clean both connectors (dust, umidity etc. -- a brush and a simple
>cotton or microfiber cloth should be suitable)
>- reconnect firmly

Good idea. And please read the following also:

https://troubleshooters.com/tpromag/200310/200310.htm

[snip]

>The only way humans have learned to survive brings them to extinction.

Which totally explains systemd.

SteveT

Steve Litt

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