Re: Flickering single display in multi-head XRandR setup

2016-03-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 26 March 2016 01:55:53 Felix Miata wrote: > Gene Heskett composed on 2016-03-25 20:52 (UTC-0400): > > Felix Miata wrote: > > ... > > >> Looks like a 3-wire cord to me, and $14.99 in the current sale > >> catalog. > > > > By golly gee, I do believe you are correct, so they've "fixed" th

Re: Flickering single display in multi-head XRandR setup

2016-03-25 Thread Felix Miata
Gene Heskett composed on 2016-03-25 20:52 (UTC-0400): Felix Miata wrote: ... Looks like a 3-wire cord to me, and $14.99 in the current sale catalog. By golly gee, I do believe you are correct, so they've "fixed" that problem. And 15 bucks is less than I paid for one 25 years ago when smd st

Re: Flickering single display in multi-head XRandR setup

2016-03-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 25 March 2016 17:47:48 Felix Miata wrote: > Gene Heskett composed on 2016-03-25 15:55 (UTC-0400): > >> http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/TENMA-21-8230-/21-8230 > >> wouldn't do it? > > > > Possibly, that looks a lot like the one I used (handles are > > identical) back in the later 90

Re: Flickering single display in multi-head XRandR setup

2016-03-25 Thread Felix Miata
Gene Heskett composed on 2016-03-25 15:55 (UTC-0400): http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/TENMA-21-8230-/21-8230 wouldn't do it? Possibly, that looks a lot like the one I used (handles are identical) back in the later 90's but with different tips. Looks like a 3-wire cord to me, and $14.9

Re: Flickering single display in multi-head XRandR setup

2016-03-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 25 March 2016 13:23:52 Felix Miata wrote: > Gene Heskett composed on 2016-03-25 09:29 (UTC-0400): > > the U.S. industry, since General Cement is gone, cannot sell me a > > tweezer-like soldering iron needed to remove them so fresh ones can > > be put in their place. And even the GC iron

Re: Flickering single display in multi-head XRandR setup

2016-03-25 Thread Felix Miata
Gene Heskett composed on 2016-03-25 09:29 (UTC-0400): the U.S. industry, since General Cement is gone, cannot sell me a tweezer-like soldering iron needed to remove them so fresh ones can be put in their place. And even the GC iron sold 20+ years ago had to be run on a powerstat set for as low

Re: Flickering single display in multi-head XRandR setup

2016-03-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 25 March 2016 07:19:44 Andreas Mohr wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 11:03:36AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > > Hi Andreas, > > > > Thank you for taking your time to reply. I've since followed up > > having found the problem, and I think it must be one of the DP ports > > on th

Re: Flickering single display in multi-head XRandR setup

2016-03-25 Thread Andreas Mohr
Hi, On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 11:03:36AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > Hi Andreas, > > Thank you for taking your time to reply. I've since followed up > having found the problem, and I think it must be one of the DP ports > on the graphics card. Ooook. > Now, you write: > > > Perhaps unthinkab

Re: Flickering single display in multi-head XRandR setup

2016-03-25 Thread martin f krafft
Hi Andreas, Thank you for taking your time to reply. I've since followed up having found the problem, and I think it must be one of the DP ports on the graphics card. Now, you write: > Perhaps unthinkable, but the connectors of the card might be > implemented / wired up asymmetrically, e.g. due

Re: Flickering single display in multi-head XRandR setup

2016-03-25 Thread Łukasz Maśko
Dnia piątek, 25 marca 2016 10:22:41 Andreas Mohr pisze: > On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 11:18:01AM +, xorg-requ...@lists.x.org wrote: > > Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 12:12:34 +0100 > > From: martin f krafft > > There is something very weird going on, which you may witness in the > > video downloadable he

Re: Flickering single display in multi-head XRandR setup

2016-03-25 Thread Andreas Mohr
On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 11:18:01AM +, xorg-requ...@lists.x.org wrote: > Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 12:12:34 +0100 > From: martin f krafft > There is something very weird going on, which you may witness in the > video downloadable here: > http://scratch.madduck.net/xorg-display-flicker.mp4 (8Mb) >

Re: Flickering single display in multi-head XRandR setup

2016-03-24 Thread Łukasz Maśko
Dnia czwartek, 24 marca 2016 12:12:34 martin f krafft pisze: > Hello, > > I have a new Radeon R9 390 card, driving three monitors, two on > DisplayPort and one on DVI, in this order from left to right: [...] Wow! I mean, great - I'm not the only one to spot such weird behavior. In my case, I obs

Flickering single display in multi-head XRandR setup

2016-03-24 Thread martin f krafft
Hello, I have a new Radeon R9 390 card, driving three monitors, two on DisplayPort and one on DVI, in this order from left to right: DP0 — DVI0 — DP1 Please find my xorg.conf attached, as well as the log file. There is something very weird going on, which you may witness in the video download