I have a big old IBM CRT display (much older) which does exactly that. It
will usually 'go away' if I re-plug the signal cable into the computer, but
it usually happens again after a while.
Not a problem for me as I use it just occasionally to provide a 'head' to my
normally 'headless' NAS, but it'll probably go to the tip soon.
Incidentally, does anyoneone know where I could pick up an old, small CRT of
the kind that used to be fitted to POS terminals? Much more practical for
limited, occasional use.
Chris
2009/6/8 Owain Clarke <simbobo@???>
> I have an old style computer monitor - probably 6 or 7 years old - which
> has recently begun behaving oddly. It suddenly goes a deep purple
> colour. It can be revived by going onto a virtual terminal then
> switching back. It's on a dual boot Linux and Windows computer and
> happens on both, so I know it's not the OS. Dmesg doesn't give any
> information.
>
> All in all I assume my monitor is dying, but I just thought I'd ask if
> it sounds familiar to anyone, so I don't have to buy a new one before I
> have to.
>
> Owain Clarke
>
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