weird ghosting of characters in X

[Matt Price]

Lee Braiden wrote:
> On Thursday 28 April 2005 21:19, Matt Price wrote:
> 
>>a white streak, itslef composed of indiviual whitish lines is
>>displayed just to the right of the word there.  You can see an example
>>at http://www.derailleur.org/.configfiles/root.png
> 
> 
> Yep, screenshot is fine here, so it's something in your system (obviously :)
> 
> If your monitor has knobs or digital controls for adjusting the horizontal and 
> vertical alignment etc., you might try altering those.  Try to remember the 
> original position though, and reset it if that doesn't help.
> 
> Also, as mentioned in another monitor issue today, try removing nearby sources 
> of electrical interference, such as power adaptors, speakers, other power 
> cables running near your monitor's display cable etc.
> 
> Also try different resolutions.  You may not have to run the monitor at a 
> different resolution to fix it, but if switching resolution helps, that can 
> help to narrow down the issue.
> 
aach.  thanks for the answers, folks.  I'm going  away for a couple of 
weeks but will try the various options when I get back.

I did change the cables around recently -- not today though -- and will 
check on them when I get back to work.

hope it's not the (pretty!) monitor!

m

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