Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:41:34 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: what's happening with xorg? Message-ID: <20071017204134.GB29626@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20071017183609.GA60012@thought.org> References: <20071016224722.GA72045@thought.org> <20071017022258.GA2554@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20071017064627.GA51648@thought.org> <20071017181853.GA25607@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20071017183609.GA60012@thought.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 11:36:09AM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > The default setting for gamma is 1. Try e.g. 2. See also xorg.conf(5). > > I'll try your xgamma -gamma 2 suggestion, below. Thanks for the > data-point. I read [[ skimmed-thru ]] xorg.conf. This is another > man page that you've got to prrint out, go into a corner, and read > ... very slowly :-| The good news is that the autodetection of Xorg has improved a lot. In a lot of cases you can run 7.3 without xorg.conf. > Ja. In fact, only when everything is maxed out (brightness && > contrast) does the screen approach "dingy grey". Otherwise, it's > something like "light mud" ... and I'm not trying to be funny. You should make sure that this is not a hardware problem. Try using another monitor or another VGA cable. If you can get your hands on another graphics card (maybe built-in graphics on the mobo?) try that as well. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHFnN+EnfvsMMhpyURAglhAKCJnZXUUyAQJYAddkoH95N6aihA8gCfUSgc qzvsSvvjey1JPvze5unFANw= =acG7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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