On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 4:25 AM, Selim T. Erdogan <se...@alumni.cs.utexas.edu> wrote: > Magicloud Magiclouds, 19.01.2012: >> Hi, >> I have this Lenovo E46G laptop, which works well with windows 7. >> Now I installed Debian Sid (xorg + gnome 3 desktop). Everything >> seemed fine except external monitor. >> When I plugged in the vga connector, after 1 or 2 secs, the system >> recognized the monitor and extended my desktop to it. The resolution >> and flash rate were correct. But the display seemed like, all pixels >> were shaking. >> So now the chars on the screen are just moving left and right quickly. >> How to resolve this? > > When gnome 3 first appeared in sid, I noticed that plugging in my > external monitor to the laptop didn't work automagically, as it had done > in gnome 2. In particular, I remember wrong resolution and/or > fuzziness/shakiness like you report. > > What worked for me then was to fix my setup in a few steps instead > of one step. What I mean is that I chose a worse resolution first, > and confirmed that change when asked. Then as a second step I chose the > desired setup and confirmed that. I don't have the external monitor now > so I can't test this again for you, but something like this worked for > me. Play around with various settings, and confirm them even if they > don't work well. You can also try disabling and re-enabling the laptop > screen, maybe with different resolutions. (I was actually using only > the external screen most of the time.) Eventually you can go back to > what you really want and hopefully have it work properly. > > > -- > 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/20120119202555.ga19...@cs.utexas.edu >
Thank you. And followed your instruction, the problem is still. But it sure told that, in a lower resolution, the "dancing" was slower. Every char was like an eel.... -- 竹密岂妨流水过 山高哪阻野云飞 And for G+, please use magiclouds#gmail.com. -- 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/cabert4ew6qizy-2+fsqheaszg_bas+4f6gbnifwuaizwx6g...@mail.gmail.com