screen flashes at native resolution

[neil]

Hi rokytnji. Thanks for your reply.

Max. res. on VGA is smaller than 1080p. That works fine, but I want the full res. and full refresh rate, hence the DVI-HDMI.

This is an old computer, 2003, 32-bit, XP. It was pretty good in its day. It's maxed-out.

linuxlite@linuxlite-Advent-Series:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 4096 x 4096
VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DVI-0 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 698mm x 392mm
  1920x1080    50.00 +  60.00    59.94    24.00*  23.98 
  1920x1080i    60.00    50.00    59.94 
  1280x720      60.00    50.00    59.94 
  720x576      50.00 
  720x576i      50.00 
  720x480      60.00    59.94 
  720x480i      60.00    59.94 
  640x480      60.00    59.94 
S-video disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
linuxlite@linuxlite-Advent-Series:~$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: linuxlite-Advent-Series Kernel: 4.4.0-112-generic i686 (32 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
          Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 (Gtk 2.24.28) Distro: Ubuntu 16.04 xenial
Machine:  Mobo: TriGem NETHERLANDS model: Advent Series v: Ver1.0
          Bios: Phoenix v: 6.00 PG date: 10/29/2003
CPU:      Single core Intel Pentium 4 (-HT-) cache: 1024 KB
          flags: (pae sse sse2 sse3) bmips: 6401
          clock speeds: max: 3200 MHz 1: 3200 MHz 2: 3200 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO]
          bus-ID: 01:00.0
          Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
          Resolution: [email protected]
          GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI R200 (RV280 5960) x86/MMX/SSE2 DRI2
          GLX Version: 1.3 Mesa 17.2.4 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:    Card Intel 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller
          driver: snd_intel8x0 ports: d800 dc00 bus-ID: 00:1f.5
          Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.0-112-generic
Network:  Card: Intel 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller
          driver: e100 v: 3.5.24-k2-NAPI port: a000 bus-ID: 02:08.0
          IF: enp2s8 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1004.3GB (0.9% used)
          ID-1: /dev/sda model: HITACHI_HUA72201 size: 1000.2GB
          ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: USB_CARD_READER size: 4.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 49G used: 4.8G (11%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda7
          ID-2: swap-1 size: 1.07GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:  System Temperatures: cpu: 50.5C mobo: N/A
          Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 172 Uptime: 10 min Memory: 277.3/2013.9MB
          Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
          Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35
linuxlite@linuxlite-Advent-Series:~$