From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 17 17:29:05 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AF3116A4CE for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:29:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hotmail.com (bay102-f29.bay102.hotmail.com [64.4.61.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 016C943D48 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:29:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dmitri_furman@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 09:29:02 -0800 Message-ID: Received: from 192.131.85.3 by by102fd.bay102.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:28:04 GMT X-Originating-IP: [192.131.85.3] X-Originating-Email: [dmitri_furman@hotmail.com] X-Sender: dmitri_furman@hotmail.com In-Reply-To: <4214BFF9.5060409@scls.lib.wi.us> From: "Dmitri Furman" To: nalists@scls.lib.wi.us Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:28:04 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Feb 2005 17:29:02.0419 (UTC) FILETIME=[2C27B230:01C51516] cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Grainy X Windows and KDE. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:29:05 -0000 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 >To: Dmitri Furman >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) >, (608) 266-6348