Hi,
Every time I boot the computer, the screen keeps on changing to random colors (everything is working, and I can open/close applications). Even after 1 hour the screen still keeps on changing colors. Anyone know how I can solve this problem? I am running Opensuse Tumbleweed (with the latest updates, I double-checked for updates).
I have absolutely no idea how I can fix this, or what information to post.
Best Regards;
-Arpadius98
Hi,
I will just post some important information which I think could be useful.
arpad@linux-u5sk:~> /sbin/lspci -nnk | grep VGA -A2
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0a16] (rev 0b)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3978]
Kernel driver in use: i915
arpad@linux-u5sk:~> cat /etc/os-release
NAME=openSUSE
VERSION="Tumbleweed"
VERSION_ID="20151201"
PRETTY_NAME="openSUSE Tumbleweed (20151201) (x86_64)"
ID=opensuse
ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:opensuse:opensuse:20151201"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.opensuse.org"
HOME_URL="https://opensuse.org/"
ID_LIKE="suse"
Best Regards;
-Arpad Lenart
On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 16:56:01 +0000, Arpadius98 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Every time I boot the computer, the screen keeps on changing to random
> colors (everything is working, and I can open/close applications). Even
> after 1 hour the screen still keeps on changing colors. Anyone know how
> I can solve this problem? I am running Opensuse Tumbleweed (with the
> latest updates, I double-checked for updates).
> I have absolutely no idea how I can fix this, or what information to
> post.
It sounds like this could be a loose connection - what kind of video card
is it, and what kind of monitor do you have? What is the connection from
the monitor to the video card (VGA, HDMI, etc)
Jim
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Jim Henderson
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Hi,
I have a lenovo yoga 2 laptop. With a Intel HD Graphics 4400 graphic card. My monitor resolution is 1920x1080 (and that is about all I know about my monitor, I don`t know the way the monitor is connected to the graphic card).
Best Regards;
-Arpadius98
On Sat, 12 Dec 2015 14:06:01 +0000, Arpadius98 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a lenovo yoga 2 laptop. With a Intel HD Graphics 4400 graphic
> card. My monitor resolution is 1920x1080 (and that is about all I know
> about my monitor, I don`t know the way the monitor is connected to the
> graphic card).
What kind of cable is it?
1920x1080 is probably an HDMI cable.
Jim
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Hi,
I dont have the laptop connected to a screen, the laptops screen itself doesnt work properly. When I am in Windows (I use windows 10) it works, the screen doesnt keep changing colors… However, when I use opensuse tumbleweed the problem emerges.
Thank you for your help,
Best Regards;
-Arpadius98
By that, I meant that there is no external monitor used. The laptops own monitor is being used, so I dont know much about the connection.
On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 16:56:01 +0000, Arpadius98 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I dont have the laptop connected to a screen, the laptops screen
> itself doesn`t work properly. When I am in Windows (I use windows 10) it
works, the screen doesn`t keep changing colors… However, when I use
> opensuse tumbleweed the problem emerges.
>
> Thank you for your help,
> Best Regards;
> -Arpadius98
Ouch. That could be an internal connection that’s loose. Does it change
if you change the angle of the screen?
Jim
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Hi,
Well, unfortunately it doesnt work if I change the angle of the screen. But what I find extremely odd is that it works perfectly in windows, but when I boot into tumbleweed the screen starts changing colors. The graphics driver could be the problem, but then again, I had tumbleweed and many other OS(s) run on this laptop and Ive never came across this problem before.
Best Regards;
-Arpadius98
On Thu, 17 Dec 2015 15:56:01 +0000, Arpadius98 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Well, unfortunately it doesn`t work if I change the angle of the screen.
But what I find extremely odd is that it works perfectly in windows, but
when I boot into tumbleweed the screen starts changing colors. The
graphics driver could be the problem, but then again, I had tumbleweed
and many other OS(s) run on this laptop and I`ve never came across this
> problem before.
That is strange.
Maybe take a screencap so we can see what you’re seeing?
Jim
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Hi,
I have made a 12 second video of the problem. But on this forum I dont know how to upload a video or file (without using links). I tried but couldnt find the exact same problem in google images or on youtube…
Best Regards;
-Arpadius98
Hi,
I had an idea, and it was to reset the desktop effects to the default. And it has solved the problem. I am trying to figure out exactly which effect has caused the problem. I have tested out each one of the desktop effects and none of them caused the problem to re-appear. I have tried to see if the problem will come back using the exactly same settings I used before. So I cannot get the problem back
The color changing thing looks the same way as if I had a external monitor connected to a computer and the VGA plug is not inserted correctly, and the contact for one of the color channels is not stable.
Best Regards;
-Arpadius98
On Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:26:01 +0000, Arpadius98 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have made a 12 second video of the problem. But on this forum I don`t
know how to upload a video or file (without using links). I tried but
couldn`t find the exact same problem in google images or on youtube…
>
> Best Regards;
> -Arpadius98
Yes, you need to put the file somewhere like susepaste.org and link to it
Jim
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On Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:56:01 +0000, Arpadius98 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I had an idea, and it was to reset the desktop effects to the default.
> And it has solved the problem. I am trying to figure out exactly which
> effect has caused the problem. I have tested out each one of the desktop
> effects and none of them caused the problem to re-appear. I have tried
> to see if the problem will come back using the exactly same settings I
> used before. So I cannot get the problem back
>
> The color changing thing looks the same way as if I had a external
> monitor connected to a computer and the VGA plug is not inserted
> correctly, and the contact for one of the color channels is not stable.
>
> Best Regards;
> -Arpadius98
Interesting - glad to hear you solved it! It did sound exactly like what
you described there - that’s what my thought was. I had a laptop once
that exhibited that same behaviour, and it was a lose connection (hence
my thinking that was something to look at).
Jim
–
Jim Henderson
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Hi,
Interesting - glad to hear you solved it!
Thanks. 
I didn`t think that the solution would be this simple though. From the problems that I had before, I always had to write a ton of codes into the terminal, so at least this was a simple one.
Fortunately I can start using Tumbleweed again :D.
Thank you for your help,
Best Regards;
-Arpiadus98