From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 17 20:41:37 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 AB99E16A421 for ; Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:41:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC77913C465 for ; Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:41:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l9HKfYF7091918; Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:41:35 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B207AB869; Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:41:34 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:41:34 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20071017204134.GB29626@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> <20071017181853.GA25607@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20071017183609.GA60012@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="OwLcNYc0lM97+oe1" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071017183609.GA60012@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 20:41:37 -0000 --OwLcNYc0lM97+oe1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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). >=20 > 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 --=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) --OwLcNYc0lM97+oe1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHFnN+EnfvsMMhpyURAglhAKCJnZXUUyAQJYAddkoH95N6aihA8gCfUSgc qzvsSvvjey1JPvze5unFANw= =acG7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OwLcNYc0lM97+oe1--