[Discuss] Video interference from MATE desktop environment

Jerry Feldman gaf.linux at gmail.com
Tue Jul 28 19:12:13 EDT 2020


It could. It would not cause electrical interference. The desktop
environment controls the display manager.

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On Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 7:09 PM <epp at null.net> wrote:

> I was logged in with the MATE desktop and after I opened an Incognito
> window in Chromium - thus displaying a (mostly) black window, I noticed
> waves in the display, as if there were some sort of electrical interference
> affecting the monitor. The analog video cable running from the PC to the
> monitor has one of those magnets built into the cable.
>
> I eventually logged out of MATE and logged in with LXQt. When I checked
> the Incognito window in Chromium under LXQt, the waves in the display were
> gone.
>
> The video chip (onboard) is: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS780L
> [Radeon 3000]
>
> The monitor is a Sceptre X9g Naga III (19").
>
> Could something in MATE - or that loaded in with it, could have caused the
> video interference?
>
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