Visible lines on my LCD screen (Refresh rate problem?)

[Loïc Martin]

mrwolff a écrit :
> I'm not sure if this has to do with refresh rates or not, but I can 
> see little visible lines running across my screen sometimes.  It isn't 
> visible a lot of times, but for example with gray backgrounds or 
> something similar it is very visible.  I would say it was something 
> wrong with the refresh rates, but this is an LCD monitor on a Dell 
> Inspiron 6000 laptop.  Any ideas what they are or how I get rid of 
> them?  I checked my xorg.conf and did notice that the monitor was set 
> at 1280x800 at 60
>
> I'm not sure what the @ 60 does, but could I perhaps change that and 
> get rid of these lines?  What are the standard settings for an LCD 
> monitor?  Do they even need refresh rates?
>
I had that pb on a Dell (Inspiron 8200) when installing the proprietary 
drivers (nvidia). Try with the open source drivers (or vice-versa if 
you're using them for now). Then if it's the same pb you might have to 
look elsewhere :)