[MPlayer-users] Problem with Monitor after playing mplayer

[Kichigai Mentat]

On Apr 26, 2005, at 19.10, blackseal wrote:

> Hello all,
> my problem is a bit confuse.
> and sorry for my bad english. i will try it anyway.
> First, my hardware:
> A7N8X-E Deluxe, 2x256MB RAM, GeForce2 MX 62MB,
> ...
> Software is
> Debian Sarge, Xfree+Devel, mplayer via cvs.
> ...
> Finally, the problem comes with DGA in fullscreen.
> I was testing some new vo's on commandline to test the speed.
> I cant swear it was DGA, but after switching some modes, my monitor
> become stupid frequencies and my display shows like this:
>
> -------------------
> \                 /
>  \               /
>  |               |
>  |               |
>  /               \
> /                 \
> -------------------
>
> I dont know what happend, my 1280x1024 Modes was in this state.
> So im booting into XP, and ... ahhh, same problem.
> Okay, i switched back in lower resolution via Strg-Alt+ +/-
> and all seems okay. Only the 1280x1024 Modes are affected.
> Then, i played with a tool from x packages to show the vertical and
> horizontal frequencies and modiefied these a bit like a kid :)
> After some tests, reboots and i cant switch back to normal view.
> Any Idea ?
>
> ----
> My Debian System is broken, so i have no way to show some files and
> logs for you.
>
> TIA
>
>
>
>
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Sounds like this is a problem far beyond MPlayer. Try contacting the 
XFree86 guys. You said this happened in WinXP too, though? Well, might 
be a problem with your video card or monitor. If this is a CRT, there 
should be some on-board controls to play with the pin-cushion effect.

"Linux: the operating system with a CLUE... Command Line User 
Environment."
  --(seen in a posting in comp.software.testing)