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From: janick@bcrkd13.bnr.ca (Janick Bergeron)
Subject: Black vertical line on VR299 display (DS3100)
Message-ID: <1990Jul27.192727.3206@bnr.ca>
Sender: janick@bcrkd13
Reply-To: janick@bnr.ca
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, VHDL Group
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 90 19:27:27 GMT

All my xterm windows (and only my xterm windows) have a black line
next to the scroll bar. The line is one pixel wide, runs the entire
length of the window and has some random fuzz.

    +--- Elevator area
    |
    |  +-- Black fuzzy line
    |  |
    V  V
  +---+-------------------------------------------------+
  |   |:                                                |
  |   |:                                                |
  |   |:                                                |
  |   |:                                                |
  |   |:                                                |
  |   |:                                                |
  |   |:              XTERM  WINDOW                     |
  |   |:                                                |
  |   |:                                                |
  |   |:                                                |
  |   |:                                                |
  |XXX|:                                                |
  |XXX|:                                                |
  +---+-------------------------------------------------+

The line appears when located on 1 out of every 4 columns of the screen.
For example, 'xterm -b 1 -bw 1 -geometry +X+Y' will have the black line
in its window for X mod 4 = 0 and all values of Y. Positioning the window
on these same location through other means does not make a difference.

Anyone else has had this problem ? Knows the cause ??
Better yet: Have a solution ??

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