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From: Jack Schneider on 22 Feb 2010 13:30 Hi, All Does any one know of a diagnostic tool to pin down a smeared LCD screen? I have an old laptop i386, running lenny, up2date, 2.6.26-2-486 kernel, which I want to take the load as a parallel-port printer host. It runs a Neomagic NM2093 video chip. I have checked the LCD display with lcdtest and all's well. It seems to display B/W terms at full screen, OK. I have googled 'till I get running in circles. I am thinking about removing "color" from the display, pointers on if/how to do that would be appreciated. TIA jack -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100222120641.30ac9737(a)Speeduke.volunteerwireless.net
From: Stephen Powell on 22 Feb 2010 14:00 On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:06:41 -0500 (EST), Jack Schneider wrote: > > Hi, All > Does any one know of a diagnostic tool to pin down a smeared LCD screen? > I have an old laptop i386, running lenny, up2date, 2.6.26-2-486 kernel, > which I want to take the load as a parallel-port printer host. > It runs a Neomagic NM2093 video chip. I have checked the LCD display > with lcdtest and all's well. It seems to display B/W terms at full > screen, OK. > I have googled 'till I get running in circles. > > I am thinking about removing "color" from the display, pointers on > if/how to do that would be appreciated. I am a native speaker of English, but I haven't a clue what you're asking. What exactly do you mean by "pin down"? What do you mean by "smeared"? (I assume you *don't* mean that your child smeared his peanut butter and jelly sandwich all over it, but I don't know what you *do* mean.) And if you're only using it as a print server anyway, who cares? Would you be so kind as to explain in less techno-slang terms exactly what the problem is and exactly what you are trying to accomplish. I have an old laptop too, with an LCD screen and a neomagic 2160 chipset. So I'm familiar with the hardware. But I still have no clue what you are talking about. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1948218183.14230601266864669931.JavaMail.root(a)md01.wow.synacor.com
From: Jordan Metzmeier on 22 Feb 2010 15:10 A very simplistic approach would be to hook a different LCD monitor to the same machine to see if the results reproduce. Although I am guessing you would have tried this if you had one handy... On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Jack Schneider <puck(a)dp-indexing.com> wrote: > On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:51:09 -0500 (EST) > Stephen Powell <zlinuxman(a)wowway.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:06:41 -0500 (EST), Jack Schneider wrote: >> > >> > Hi, All >> > Does any one know of a diagnostic tool to pin down a smeared LCD >> > screen? I have an old laptop i386, running lenny, up2date, >> > 2.6.26-2-486 kernel, which I want to take the load as a >> > parallel-port printer host. It runs a Neomagic NM2093 video chip. I >> > have checked the LCD display with lcdtest and all's well. It seems >> > to display B/W terms at full screen, OK. >> > I have googled 'till I get running in circles. >> > >> > I am thinking about removing "color" from the display, pointers on >> > if/how to do that would be appreciated. >> >> I am a native speaker of English, but I haven't a clue what you're >> asking. What exactly do you mean by "pin down"? What do you mean >> by "smeared"? (I assume you *don't* mean that your child smeared his >> peanut butter and jelly sandwich all over it, but I don't know what >> you *do* mean.) And if you're only >> using it as a print server anyway, who cares? Would you be so kind >> as to explain in less techno-slang terms exactly what the problem is >> and exactly what you are trying to accomplish. I have an old laptop >> too, with an LCD screen and a neomagic 2160 chipset. So I'm familiar >> with the hardware. But I still have no clue what you are talking >> about. >> >> > Stephen, thanks for the reply...8-) > I want to find out if the color distortions (smears on left side of > images) I see on the LCD are due to a faulty LCD or faulty graphics > chip. I want to know if there is a diagnostic to help figure that out. > I want to place a message/s in the screen (legible) what jobs are > pending/finished as appropriate. > > Thanks, Jack > ps sometimes it appears that peanut butter was smeared... red-blue- > green-pink-violet.... peanut butter etc > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian..org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100222134307.3ff6a8fe(a)Speeduke.volunteerwireless.net > > -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50e5edd51002221205x7dafe469xf208577f661a4e29(a)mail.gmail.com
From: Jack Schneider on 22 Feb 2010 15:10 On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:51:09 -0500 (EST) Stephen Powell <zlinuxman(a)wowway.com> wrote: > On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:06:41 -0500 (EST), Jack Schneider wrote: > > > > Hi, All > > Does any one know of a diagnostic tool to pin down a smeared LCD > > screen? I have an old laptop i386, running lenny, up2date, > > 2.6.26-2-486 kernel, which I want to take the load as a > > parallel-port printer host. It runs a Neomagic NM2093 video chip. I > > have checked the LCD display with lcdtest and all's well. It seems > > to display B/W terms at full screen, OK. > > I have googled 'till I get running in circles. > > > > I am thinking about removing "color" from the display, pointers on > > if/how to do that would be appreciated. > > I am a native speaker of English, but I haven't a clue what you're > asking. What exactly do you mean by "pin down"? What do you mean > by "smeared"? (I assume you *don't* mean that your child smeared his > peanut butter and jelly sandwich all over it, but I don't know what > you *do* mean.) And if you're only > using it as a print server anyway, who cares? Would you be so kind > as to explain in less techno-slang terms exactly what the problem is > and exactly what you are trying to accomplish. I have an old laptop > too, with an LCD screen and a neomagic 2160 chipset. So I'm familiar > with the hardware. But I still have no clue what you are talking > about. > > Stephen, thanks for the reply...8-) I want to find out if the color distortions (smears on left side of images) I see on the LCD are due to a faulty LCD or faulty graphics chip. I want to know if there is a diagnostic to help figure that out. I want to place a message/s in the screen (legible) what jobs are pending/finished as appropriate. Thanks, Jack ps sometimes it appears that peanut butter was smeared... red-blue- green-pink-violet.... peanut butter etc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100222134307.3ff6a8fe(a)Speeduke.volunteerwireless.net
From: Stephen Powell on 22 Feb 2010 15:20
On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:43:07 -0500 (EST), Jack Schneider wrote: > Stephen, thanks for the reply...8-) > I want to find out if the color distortions (smears on left side of > images) I see on the LCD are due to a faulty LCD or faulty graphics > chip. I want to know if there is a diagnostic to help figure that out. > I want to place a message/s in the screen (legible) what jobs are > pending/finished as appropriate. OK, so you're seeing strange distortion of the colors and you want to figure out if it is a hardware problem or a software problem. I see. Well, the only suggestion I have is rather low-tech; and I'm sure you've thought of it already; but I would suggest installing some other graphical operating system, such as Windows 95, DOS/Win 3.1, etc. and see how things look then. If you still see the smear, it's almost certainly a hardware problem. But again, I'm sure you've thought of that. Maybe someone else has a better idea, but that's all I know to suggest. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/345295899.14256671266869418605.JavaMail.root(a)md01.wow.synacor.com |