Subj : Re: Remmina RDP
To   : Mike Powell
From : Ky Moffet
Date : Wed May 15 2024 14:40:00

MIKE POWELL wrote:
>>> It does that no matter what distro is running on it so I figure it is
>>> something wrong with the box itself.
> 
>> Bad video RAM, probably at the tail end of the addressing space and
>> marginal rather than failed, so it only occasionally messes up.
> 
> I should see if the MB will allow me to drop another video card in there
> and maybe try that.  IIRC, I don't think I have tried that before.  The
> good thing is that I don't use that box much... usually only when I need
> access to a CD/DVD player/writer does it get fired up.

Linux can be real fussy about vidcards. Sometimes it'll throw up all 
over a new one unless it's in the very same family. Sometimes it doesn't 
care. I haven't bothered sorting it out, might be how well the distro 
handles newly-added hardware.
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