From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 20 23:25:36 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC06216A438 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:25:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from alvest@earthlink.net) Received: from smtpauth07.mail.atl.earthlink.net (smtpauth07.mail.atl.earthlink.net [209.86.89.67]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60BE543D45 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:25:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from alvest@earthlink.net) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=a8HCNhbOecSkj0RX2DNgmDUb84NhzvDZQ6MxwZnWFCo2/vSLGuOR9yRkcrTpytw/; h=Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-Id:In-Reply-To:References:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [24.145.140.190] (helo=localhost) by smtpauth07.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1FBKPP-0001Ku-Ht for freebsd-x11@freebsd.org; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:25:35 -0500 Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:25:35 -0500 From: Albert Vest To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20060220182535.f4590f7b.alvest@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <86hd6t4x61.fsf@Bacalao.shenton.org> References: <86hd6t4x61.fsf@Bacalao.shenton.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.0 (GTK+ 2.8.12; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: a37e7a5645c8e49994f5150ab1c16ac04be4f309a0cc41dd8f3b0f11080b77dc2bc4eb43fbdff7dd350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 24.145.140.190 Subject: Re: Xorg on LCD with DVI seems too sharp (nicer on PowerBook) X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:25:36 -0000 On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 15:01:26 -0500 Chris Shenton wrote: > I've got a Dell 2405 LCD at home and work. At work, it's driven by a > PowerBook with DVI and it's very nice. > > At home, I'm driving it with DVI from a Dell with a built-in Radeon > card running FreeBSD-6.1-PRERELEASE. > > PCI:*(1:0:0) ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)] > > There, it seems too sharp, too grainy, especially for text like > writing code in Emacs, reading docs with Mozilla, etc. > > Any suggestions on how to soften it a bit? I guess I don't understand > why the Mac display is comfortable but the FreeBSD Xorg display feels > so irritating. Perhaps I need to use a different set of fonts or > something? Chapter 5 of the FreeBSD Handbook has some suggestions for improving how fonts and apps look. -- Albert Vest, al vest at earth link dot net