From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 17 18:18:56 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B642916A421 for ; Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:18:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3319013C46E for ; Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:18:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l9HIIs13056848; Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:18:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B91D4B869; Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:18:53 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:18:53 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20071017181853.GA25607@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Gary Kline , FreeBSD Mailing List References: <20071016224722.GA72045@thought.org> <20071017022258.GA2554@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20071017064627.GA51648@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071017064627.GA51648@thought.org> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: what's happening with xorg? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:18:56 -0000 --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 11:46:27PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > You could try playing with the gamma value of the monitor. When X is > > running you can use xgamma to adjust the gamma setting. You can also set > > this with the Gamma entry in the Monitor section of xorg.conf. >=20 >=20 > Or should I ask somebbody to put back in the Radeon card? (i > think that was the card i thought was "going bad"... ) Otherwise, > I'll try the "Gamma" entry in my Monitor section with my G450. > What value should I use? Or if it is boolen, do I try settting > it to "on"?? The default setting for gamma is 1. Try e.g. 2. See also xorg.conf(5). Alternatively you can try to change it while X is running by typing 'xgamma -gamma 2' in a terminal. This does require that the VidModeExtension is active, i.e. the ServerFlags option DisableVidModeExtension should _not_ be set. > PS: to you, or to any other driver wizards::: is this mga driver > still being hacked-on? The screen is only "dingy grey" not > black. (*mumble*) It looks like it is still in development;=20 http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-mga/ BTW, I was assuming you have tried adjusting the brightness and contrast settings of the monitor? Roland --=20 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) --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHFlINEnfvsMMhpyURAkPsAKCBP2bnIR9a4qGNIqTz/7nFYJBSuQCfZhWa +eJf3Rx5V9yNF4pnarEwNIk= =e6iP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5--