Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbugs

[john]

On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 08:25:42 +0200
meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:

> Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> [11-07-10 08:12]:
> > On 07/10/2011 03:23 AM, Dale wrote:
> > >Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> > >>On 07/10/2011 12:59 AM, john wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>Help.
> > >>>
> > >>>I have tried everything to remove thunderbugs which are causing
> > >>>havoc
> > >>>behind my screen. Small black mites have taken over xorg-server!
> > >>>
> > >>>rm -r thunderbugs
> > >>
> > >>I'm having trouble understanding what the issue is. I assume
> > >>you're not talking about insects stuck on the TFT panel of your
> > >>monitor. That
> > >>what exactly are you talking about?
> > >
> > >I was wondering the same thing. I was to chicken to ask because I
> > >thought it might be some fancy new software that I haven't heard
> > >about yet. Could it be thunderbird? That's the only thing I could
> > >find in the
> > >portage tree.
> > >
> > >At least I wasn't the only one confused. Sort of had that a lot
> > >here lately. :/
> >
> > Well, I guess it's really thunderbugs then :-P  Sometimes very
> > small insects get inside the monitor, and get fried when they walk
> > on the TFT panel.  They're visible and pretty much equivalent to a
> > bunch of dead pixels.  It's virtually impossible to get them out
> > again.
> >
> > This is the reason I never bought a TFT monitor with cooling slits
> > on it; only tightly closed ones with external power supplies.  No
> > insects can get in that way.
> >
> >
>
> There are sealed ones, too.
>
> Best regards,
> mcc
>
>

Yes ,

Had a pesky invasion of little insects behind my screen. Of which a lot
have seemed to stop moving. Think I'll a get sealed tft next time.
I'll try sucking them out with a hoover. Damn things, tft was 350
pounds, you think it should have anti critters device.



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