Running Linux on my end but regardless of the OS it comes down to principals. If videokarma wants support then they need to offer something to support. I resized the images down using Gwenview to fit the videokarma constraints shown on the upload panel and they were still refused, I'm not the one running the same software from before the karma split and have to say this is doing none of the members any service.
As for the set itself the new 6MU8 arrived this morning and it turned out to be a NOS dud that resulted in a washed out picture with retrace lines, going back to the original tube clears up the problem so it's definitely the replacement tube. Going to give it one more try and buy another 6MU8 as they're $5.95 while this one is left to burn in for the afternoon.
The full write-up with large detailed images can be found here
https://www.smokstak.com/forum/threa...5#post-2110545 Small images are in the post below
Computer here is a HP EliteDesk G4 i5-8500 running ubuntu 24.04