Re: video shimmer [Case closed, but not solved]

2014-03-31 Thread Tom Horsley
On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:14:39 -0400 Claude Jones wrote: > My old IOGear KVM... Yep. I've tried several KVM switches over the years for one reason or another, and the IOGear I had (till it died) was the only one that ever worked reliably. One thing you can do on linux these days that could help wi

Re: video shimmer [Case closed, but not solved]

2014-03-31 Thread Joe Zeff
On 03/31/2014 09:14 AM, Claude Jones wrote: My old IOGear KVM which cost half of what I'd paid for the new one, is back in the mix, and works perfectly. I'd call it solved: bad hardware. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://a

Re: video shimmer [Case closed, but not solved]

2014-03-31 Thread Claude Jones
On 3/31/2014 7:34 AM, Claude Jones wrote: On 03/31/2014 04:24 AM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 30 March 2014, Claude Jones sent: >Being an old TV guy, I did just what you suggested. I >tried swapping ports on the switch first, to see if the problem moved. >It didn't, so I swapped the cable

Re: video shimmer

2014-03-31 Thread g
On 03/31/14 06:34, Claude Jones wrote: <<>> There's no way to do that. These are custom cables that have single/special D-Sub connectors on one end that pick up the > video and vga signals, and breakout cables on the other end > for plugging into the connections on the computer. The strange >

Re: video shimmer

2014-03-31 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 31 March 2014, Claude Jones sent: > I was only trying a replacement because of a different issue I'm > having with some strange interference between my phone and my computer > wiring. (When I sit down at my desk, the device that picks up my > handset and switches to my headse

Re: video shimmer

2014-03-31 Thread g
On 03/31/14 03:28, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 30 March 2014, g sent: giving thought to Tim's suggestion and results of your show, >> i will make a suggestion. use high quality video cables. >> cables that are 100% shielded. even better yet, double >> shielded cables. Some /alleged/ v

Re: video shimmer

2014-03-31 Thread Claude Jones
On 03/31/2014 04:24 AM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 30 March 2014, Claude Jones sent: >Being an old TV guy, I did just what you suggested. I >tried swapping ports on the switch first, to see if the problem moved. >It didn't, so I swapped the cables out next. That ended up clearing >95% of

Re: video shimmer

2014-03-31 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 30 March 2014, g sent: > giving thought to Tim's suggestion and results of your show, i > will make a suggestion. use high quality video cables. cables that > are 100% shielded. even better yet, double shielded cables. Some /alleged/ video cables are just unshielded wires b

Re: video shimmer

2014-03-31 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 30 March 2014, Claude Jones sent: > Being an old TV guy, I did just what you suggested. I > tried swapping ports on the switch first, to see if the problem moved. > It didn't, so I swapped the cables out next. That ended up clearing > 95% of the problem up. There's still the

Re: video shimmer

2014-03-30 Thread g
On 03/30/14 10:07, Claude Jones wrote: <<>> Thanks, Tim - Being an old TV guy, I did just what you suggested. > I tried swapping ports on the switch first, to see if the problem > moved. It didn't, so I swapped the cables out next. That ended up > clearing 95% of the problem up. There's still

Re: video shimmer

2014-03-30 Thread Claude Jones
On 03/30/2014 08:14 AM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 28 March 2014, Claude Jones sent: > I changed KVMs today, a more modern version of my IOGear USB switch. The > three Windows machines on it look perfect. My Fedora machine has > shimmering or vibrating effects around the edges of windows,

Re: video shimmer

2014-03-30 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 28 March 2014, Claude Jones sent: > I changed KVMs today, a more modern version of my IOGear USB switch. The > three Windows machines on it look perfect. My Fedora machine has > shimmering or vibrating effects around the edges of windows, fonts, and > icons. The screen is

video shimmer

2014-03-28 Thread Claude Jones
I changed KVMs today, a more modern version of my IOGear USB switch. The three Windows machines on it look perfect. My Fedora machine has shimmering or vibrating effects around the edges of windows, fonts, and icons. The screen is viewable but really annoying. I'm running an NVidia 9500 card an