[SOLVED] screen diagonal line when playing video

metzenx · 04-03-2018, 01:40 PM

Hello!
I've recently bought this intel core 2 duo P8600 laptop second hand, and I get a diagonal line when the image swaps while playing video, I guess it's a problem with the integrated graphic card, but I don't know if it can be solved or I will just have to live with it, or whether it can get worse over time or not with an over used integrated graphics.

frankbell · 04-03-2018, 07:39 PM

What is the graphics chipset? (The command lspci issued as root should provide that information.)

For a test, you could try booting to a Live CD of some other distro and test whether the problem persists. If it does, it may be a hardware problem.

ondoho · 04-04-2018, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by metzenx

I get a diagonal line when the image swaps while playing video

i don't really understand what this means.
do you mean tearing?

metzenx · 04-04-2018, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by frankbell

What is the graphics chipset? (The command lspci issued as root should provide that information.)

For a test, you could try booting to a Live CD of some other distro and test whether the problem persists. If it does, it may be a hardware problem.

lspci shows Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset
thx for the tip I will give it a try

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i don't really understand what this means.
do you mean tearing?

yes! tearing is what it is! thx

metzenx · 04-04-2018, 03:42 PM

I followed this tutorial no more tearing for now, thanks for sharing the problem's name, I was able to find a proper solution by knowing it "tearing" woah plenty of resources, cheer bb