Hello,

I'm still fairly new to using Linux. I just installed Kubuntu 5.10 (Breezy), 64-bit version, today on my AMD X2 3800+ (with 250 GB Western Digital SATA HDD, NEC DVD+/-RW, Nvidia GeForce 6600GT PCI-Express, 1.0 GB Dual Channel RAM) and have encountered some problems.

Every so often areas of the screen turn purple-ish, sometimes encompassing the whole screen. I figured this might be due to the fact that I didn't select my exact monitor model during setup (I had this option in previous Linux installs) and noticed that although my resolution was 1024x768 and the refresh rate was 60 Hz. I thought this might incorrect so I found my monitor's (Viewsonic A75f) specifications and edited the setup file that contains the data for the monitor.

Initially, after I made the edits, the screen seemed to work fine but the purple stuff came back... I was just wondering what I'm missing in trying to fix this error? It's troublesome because each time it happens I have to either close the application or minimize and resize all the windows to get it to disappear.

Thanking you all for your time,

Aqwabawks

Hack through it. My guess is that you monitor's plug is not correctly connected. Check that first. You know, things happen. You might need to push it in further here and there. Such random thing shouldn't happen because of the software....