Screen flickering.

My Eee PC 1000's screen flickers at intermittant intervals when set to
the dimest brightness setting. This is the stock Linux (Xandros)
version. Is this normal?

Scott wrote:
> My Eee PC 1000's screen flickers at intermittant intervals when set to
> the dimest brightness setting. This is the stock Linux (Xandros)
> version. Is this normal?
It points to a not very good fluorecent tube,
or convertor.
At low light levels the hardware starts failing
ignition of the tube.
Advice: live with it and up the brightness a little bit.

Will it get worse? Currently, the flickering stops when I increase
brightness by a step.


Sjouke Burry <> wrote:
> Scott wrote:
>> My Eee PC 1000's screen flickers at intermittant intervals when set
> > to
>> the dimest brightness setting. This is the stock Linux (Xandros)
>> version. Is this normal?
> It points to a not very good fluorecent tube,
> or convertor.
> At low light levels the hardware starts failing
> ignition of the tube.
> Advice: live with it and up the brightness a little bit.

On Nov 22, 1:28*am, Scott <fujispamsonyspamjvcspaml...@nospamhere.com>
wrote:
> Will it get worse? Currently, the flickering stops when I increase
> brightness by a step.
>
> Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulf...@ppllaanneett.nnll> wrote:
> > Scott wrote:
> >> My Eee PC 1000's screen flickers at intermittant intervals when set
> > > to
> >> the dimest brightness setting. This is the stock Linux (Xandros)
> >> version. Is this normal?
> > It points to a not very good fluorecent tube,
> > or convertor.
> > At low light levels the hardware starts failing
> > ignition of the tube.
> > Advice: live with it and up the brightness a little bit.

You may be good for years...just keep it at a threshold that doesn't
flicker. (I wish they made a netbook display like the ebooks have-no
back-light!)

How does text entry work on an e-ink screen? Is every character you type
considered a screen refresh? If so that would consume a lot of power for
typical text editing or spreadsheet tasks.


Bob Villa <> wrote:
> On Nov 22, 1:28 am, Scott <fujispamsonyspamjvcspaml...@nospamhere.com>
> wrote:
>> Will it get worse? Currently, the flickering stops when I increase
>> brightness by a step.
>>
>> Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulf...@ppllaanneett.nnll> wrote:
>>> Scott wrote:
>>>> My Eee PC 1000's screen flickers at intermittant intervals when set
>>>> to
>>>> the dimest brightness setting. This is the stock Linux (Xandros)
>>>> version. Is this normal?
>>> It points to a not very good fluorecent tube,
>>> or convertor.
>>> At low light levels the hardware starts failing
>>> ignition of the tube.
>>> Advice: live with it and up the brightness a little bit.
>
> You may be good for years...just keep it at a threshold that doesn't
> flicker. (I wish they made a netbook display like the ebooks have-no
> back-light!)

On Nov 22, 7:00*am, Scott <fujispamsonyspamjvcspaml...@nospamhere.com>
wrote:
> How does text entry work on an e-ink screen? Is every character you type
> considered a screen refresh? If so that would consume a lot of power for
> typical text editing or spreadsheet tasks.
>
> Bob Villa <pheeh.z...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Nov 22, 1:28 am, Scott <fujispamsonyspamjvcspaml...@nospamhere.com>
> > wrote:
> >> Will it get worse? Currently, the flickering stops when I increase
> >> brightness by a step.
>
> >> Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulf...@ppllaanneett.nnll> wrote:
> >>> Scott wrote:
> >>>> My Eee PC 1000's screen flickers at intermittant intervals when set
> >>>> to
> >>>> the dimest brightness setting. This is the stock Linux (Xandros)
> >>>> version. Is this normal?
> >>> It points to a not very good fluorecent tube,
> >>> or convertor.
> >>> At low light levels the hardware starts failing
> >>> ignition of the tube.
> >>> Advice: live with it and up the brightness a little bit.
>
> > You may be good for years...just keep it at a threshold that doesn't
> > flicker. *(I wish they made a netbook display like the ebooks have-no
> > back-light!)

I'm not talking about the way an ebook may work...only applying the
display technology (ambient rather than back-lit).

In news:4ce9ba52$0$8930$,
Sjouke Burry typed on Mon, 22 Nov 2010 01:33:22 +0100:
> Scott wrote:
>> My Eee PC 1000's screen flickers at intermittant intervals when set
>> to the dimest brightness setting. This is the stock Linux (Xandros)
>> version. Is this normal?
> It points to a not very good fluorecent tube,
> or convertor.
> At low light levels the hardware starts failing
> ignition of the tube.
> Advice: live with it and up the brightness a little bit.

EeePCs doesn't use florescent tubes or inverters (what you are calling a
converter). They use LEDs for back lighting. And no Scott, that isn't
normal. Although I would guess it will work for years this way.

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Centrino Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3