AtlantaBob
April 21st, 2009, 09:28 AM
Hi all. I've got an old SC420 (Celeron) with Intel Integrated Graphics and 2 GB of RAM. I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 on it, and it's hooked up to a large Dell flat screen 2407WFP. It's connected using a standard VGA cable. About two inches from the bottom of the screen, there's a quarter-inch band of "graphics gunk" -- just where the display is distorted and pixelated.
Right now, in GNOME and XCFE (my main environment), it stays steady as long as there's no window moving over it. Once I drag a window across it, however, the window becomes distorted where the window passed over the band - lots of artifacts and such. Window Composting in XCFE is turned off. If I'm running Open Office Spreadsheet and it's maximised and I scroll through the sheet, the artifacts corrupt the entire display.
Any suggestions as to what I do to get rid of this? It's awfully annoying... Just to reiterate, the same thing and same symptoms happen in GNOME.
Thanks in advance.
Right now, in GNOME and XCFE (my main environment), it stays steady as long as there's no window moving over it. Once I drag a window across it, however, the window becomes distorted where the window passed over the band - lots of artifacts and such. Window Composting in XCFE is turned off. If I'm running Open Office Spreadsheet and it's maximised and I scroll through the sheet, the artifacts corrupt the entire display.
Any suggestions as to what I do to get rid of this? It's awfully annoying... Just to reiterate, the same thing and same symptoms happen in GNOME.
Thanks in advance.