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@@ -1,20 +1,79 @@ -Acer/Packard Bell is not willing to repair all defects on my -computer, but at least I can run this for several hours and -try to revive dead pixels. +NAME + unstickpixels - Screen loop to try to unstick stuck dots -Dead (always black) pixels are hard to revive, stuck pixels -on the other hand are more probable to get fixed. +SYNOPSIS + unstickpixels [OPTIONS...] [--] [INTERVAL] +DESCRIPTION + unstickpixels shall cycle the colours on the screen between + sRGB(100 %, 0, 0), sRGB(0, 100 %, 0), and sRGB(0, 0, 100 %), + as fast as possible, or sleep INTERVAL milliseconds between + each switch. -This program should be run under the Linux VT. It works by -cycling the colour on the screen between sRGB(100 %, 0, 0), -sRGB(0, 100 %, 0) and sRGB(0, 0, 100 %), as fast as possible. -If you want to slow down the cycling you can add, as the only -argument, the millisecond time sleep between the colours. + You should disable powersaving on your monitors and disable + the screensaver whilst running this program, or otherwise + make sure that screen loop is always displayed. -If you are using a graphical environment and do not know how -to access the Linux VT, here is how you do it: press Ctrl+Alt+F1, -if this does not open non-graphical login screen, press Alt+Right -until you get one. To get back to graphical environment, hold -down Alt+Right until it appears. + Running this program for a number of hours, especially if + combined with massaging defective dots, may heal defective + dots. Dead dots (always black) are hard to revive, but + stuck dots are more probable to get fixed. + + You must not run this program if you are epileptic. Seek + someone else how can do it for you. + + unstickpixels uses the graphics cards' colour lookup tables + to switch the colour displayed on the screen. If your + computers does not supports this, the option -v may help, + it will use the framebuffer indirectly, via the terminal. + Unless -v is used, unstickpixels runs both in X and on the + Linux VT. + +OPTIONS + -v Use the Linux VT instead of the graphics cards' + colour lookup tables (CLUT). This requires that the + program runs under the Linux VT, otherwise known + as the TTY. This may not work too great one all + graphics cards, some very expensive graphics cards + are really bad. NVIDIA is known case of this, + why the CLUT utilisation was added. + + If you are using a graphical environment and do not + know how to access the Linux VT, here is how you do + it: press Ctrl+Alt+F1, if this does not open non-graphical + login screen, press Alt+Right until you get one. To + get back to graphical environment, hold down Alt+Right + until it appears. + + Whilst unstickpixels may run on most systems + (although Mir and, by Wayland's design, Wayland + are not supported) this option is only known to + function on Linux. + +RATIONALE + Acer/Packard Bell is not willing to repair all defects on + my computer, but at least I can run this for several hours + and try to revive dead pixels. Playing back a video that is + already available on the Internet has some deficiencies: + + * Requires a graphics card and video player that can + play back the video in full screen mode efficiently. + + * Requires X or a video player than can play video + outside X efficiently. + + * Requires the video to be downloaded if it was uploaded + on Youtube, because Youtube does not properly support + full screen. + + * One video playback is required per defective monitor. + +SEE ALSO + No similar or otherwise related programs known, please + file a bug if you know any. + + There are some similar works in form of videos available + on the Internet. + + Full documentation available locally via: info '(unstickpixels)' |