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Subject: Re: 3.6.13 firefox fonts are blurred on my 8.2 freebsd
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Hi--

On Jan 12, 2012, at 11:38 AM, akshay sreeramoju wrote:
> The image shows, (not sure how bad it is showing for you), more or less the
> display I get from firefox and emacs. I will try to send a more detailed
> image tonight.

You appear to be running in an 8 or 16-bit color mode; what does "xdpyinfo" say?
Most likely, you want to run in 24/32-bit color mode instead, to avoid apps grabbing a limited palette of colors....

Regards,
-- 
-Chuck