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Re: One last xfree question: funny monitor dependant patterns


Thats probably the standard moire pattern the X server has by default.
Try setting a background.

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Zanella" <nzanella@cs.mun.ca>
To: "Cygwin Mailing List" <cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 6:23 PM
Subject: One last xfree question: funny monitor dependant patterns


>
> Hello,
>
> I have one last xfree question. Under Linux I have to choose the X
server
> I am need so that it matches the hardware but under cygwin there is
just
> one executable called XWin.exe. How does it know what video card I
have?I
> I ask for the following reason: when I run the X server the background
> does not look as nice as the windows 2k background: let me explain: I
am
> using SAMSUNG SyncMaster 700NF monitor (a flat CRT) with a 3dfx
voodoo3
> card. I see some funny wave like patterns behind the gray pattern when
> I launch X Windows. These patterns are the same as those I see (and I
> assume other users would see them too) when I click Start, Shutdown
> (you need a fairly light background to see them and they only appear
> after clicking Shutdown). How can we keep the patterns from showing
up?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Neil
>
>
>
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