Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:28:04 -0600 From: "Dmitri Furman" <dmitri_furman@hotmail.com> To: nalists@scls.lib.wi.us Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Grainy X Windows and KDE. Message-ID: <BAY102-F290798B3CB640F9A7F35F59C6D0@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <4214BFF9.5060409@scls.lib.wi.us>
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Thank you Greg. Yes it is native resolution for the display. This is what I run Windows on. It is also using 60 Hz for refresh rate. >From: Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> >To: Dmitri Furman <dmitri_furman@hotmail.com> >CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Grainy X Windows and KDE. >Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:02:01 -0600 > >Dmitri Furman wrote: >>Dear FreeBSD experts. Your help with this would be greatly appreciated. I >>spent a week now trying to setup FreeBSD on my Dell Dimension 8200 >>Desktop. Most of the time was spent setting up Xorg to work. I have >>Nvidia video card GeForce MX4400 with 32 MB or RAM. I had to rebuild >>kernel to make Nvidia driver work. I am able to run in 1024x768 mode but >>picture is really grainy. I specified depth at 24 and also tried 32. I >>have a 15" Flat Panel monitor. If anyone had any luck or has some >>pointers on what I have to do to resolve grainy colors problem please let >>me know what I need to do. Thank you. > >Is 1024x768 the "native" resolution of your flat panel? My experience with >LCDs is that any deviation from the OEM's recommended resolution is likely >to result in an ugly display. > >The more expensive the panel is, the better it is likely to look at >alternate resolutions, but generally "there can be only one" with regard to >best image quality. > >-- >Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator >South Central Library System (SCLS) >Library Interchange Network (LINK) ><gregb at scls.lib.wi.us>, (608) 266-6348
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