Flickering Screen

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: All versions

Symptom:

The screen flickers or glints.

Cause:

The refresh rate of the screen is too low. The configuration of either your graphics card or your monitor is not the most suitable one.

Solution:

Problem in Graphics Card

In this case, there are different possibilities:

  1. You are not using the most suitable X server for your graphics card. For example, you have an accelerated card that can be operated with the XSVGA server, but the full pixel clock can only be used with a server specific to your graphic chip.
  2. You use high color or true color, but the graphics card settings supported by your graphics card or the current driver are not the same as in the 256-colors mode.
  3. Your graphics card cannot handle the current resolution quickly enough, so the screen flickers. Simply select a lower resolution.

Problem in Monitor


Keywords: SCREEN, FLICKER, FLICKERING, GLINTS, GLINT, XFREE, XSERVER

Categories: X Server , Graphic cards

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