RE: [iPAQ] Sub-optimal display quality with recent Linux kernels

From: Disconnect <dis.a.t.sigkill.net>
Date: Wed Oct 10 2001 - 14:17:29 EDT

On Wed, 2001-10-10 at 11:43, Carl Worth wrote:
> If I look directly at both iPAQs they appear remarkably similar. But,
> if I move the Linux iPAQ slightly, or look at it while turning my
> head a bit, I notice extremely faint lines running along the
> display. The lines are vertical when in portrait mode, (and horizontal
> when in landscape). If I shake the the iPAQ back and forth at just the
> right speed, I can get the lines to appear static, sort of a
> light-gray zebra effect across the ion toolbar. The lines seem to be
> most apparent in the default blue color of the ion titlebar, and are
> not at all visible on solid white or solid black

Just a 'me too' .. 0.5pre, 2.4.7-rmk3-np1-devfs.

Looks like scan lines, same thing you might see on a 60hz crt display.

Haven't compared to WinCE though. (misplaced my wince backup, gonna have
to find it one of these days ;) ..)

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Received on Wed Oct 10 10:16:17 2001

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