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On 1 May 2009, at 20:49, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: |
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> There is a shot of my screen (1.4MB, look at bottom and right panels): |
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> http://gaydenko.com/tmp/shot01.png |
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> which I get periodically after few hours working under KDE - at some |
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> moment |
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> crazy things happen :-) There is very long software chain from |
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> kernel video |
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> driver (intel in my case for on-board G965) to KDE4 itself (~amd64). |
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> As a |
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> result, I'm not sure where to dig in. |
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Looks like an overheating GPU to me. |
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Do you have accelerated graphics on for those panels? |
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I'll bet if you turn it off the problem will disappear. |
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The graphics card failed here on my Mac a year or two ago, and rather |
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than pay £200 for an Apple-branded replacement, I found a regular PC |
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graphics card on which a hacked firmware could be flashed. I have to |
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under-clock it a little, and if I'm not careful I get a very similar |
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effect to that in your pictures, but all over the screen. |
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If you're able to boot to Windows it might be worth playing an FPS - |
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if it crashes with graphical glitches then you may be able to get the |
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card (or m/board?) replaced under warranty. |
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Stroller. |