Refresh the display without changing resolution?

[aimeeandbeatles]

Every so often, I get stuck with a "ghost" on the screen. I've found refreshing the display (by changing the resolution and back) fixes it. However it messes up my icon layout, is there a way to do it without resolution?

I tried the color depth, too, it messes up my icons as well

Rebooting is even more of a pain, though!

 

[Bratmon]

Ctrl+alt+backspace restarts X.

Spoiler Actual helpful information :

Right click the desktop, hit refresh.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Thanks, but I've found it doesn't work.

 

[taper]

Nope, there is absolutely no way of doing this. Googling for the answer instead of opening a thread would be a waste of time. Really, not even pressing F5 would work.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Not that kind of refresh -- it doesn't work. I know that changing the resolution or color depth does do what I mean, I've heard it referred to as refreshing the display.

 

[warpus]

What if you degauss your display?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I'm not sure how to do that on an LCD.

 

[Bratmon]

Cycle the power on the moniter?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

You mean turn it off and back on?

 

[Bratmon]

yes, that's what I mean.

 

[warpus]

kick it!

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Be sort of painful, considering my monitor is several feet off the floor....

Just tried to see if I could lift my foot that high. I knocked everything off the desk, including the keyboard and mouse.

 

[emzie]

You mean turn it off and back on?

Unplug, wait 15 seconds, plug back in.