Graphic display window interaction/corruption

[Mike Klinke]

On Monday 17 November 2003 19:34, Andy Green wrote:
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> On Monday 17 November 2003 17:44, Mike Klinke wrote:
> > http://www.futzin.com/vertical_lines.jpg
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> > Look at the vertical lines at the top of each window.
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> Just a guess... looks like the bitmap that makes the backdrop of the
> toolbar is not being copied properly.  In ye old days, drivers used
> to cache small bitmaps in videocard memory and do the bitblt entirely
> local to there for speed.  So maybe there is a problem with your AGP,
> either in power, speed, heat, or the memory region set aside for it
> in the BIOS.  Or God help us, a cursed VIA chipset sent from the
> Bowels of Hell.
>
> Or none of the above :-)
>
> - -Andy
 
Haha!  Since there's been no response like; "That happens to me too!"  I 
guess it is local to this laptop.  As you can tell, it isn't a 
showstopper but it would be nice find out what the cause is.  Since 
this only happens on Linux (it's a dual boot w/ Win2k)  I  was thinking 
software but .......

Regards,  Mike Klinke