On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:51:09 -0500 (EST) Stephen Powell <zlinux...@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-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100222134307.3ff6a...@speeduke.volunteerwireless.net