Hello

Hans Vogelsberger (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:

> When apt-get upgraded xorg for Debian testing this afternoon (Central
> European Time), nvidia-glx was removed and no X showed up after next
> boot.

This happened because nvidia-glx from testing is incompatible with xorg
6.9. You can install the nvidia or nvidia.*-legacy packages from
unstable, depending on whether you have a card that is only supported
by the legacy driver (GeForce 2 or older) or e newer card.

> I commented "nvidia" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf - Section "Device" - 
> line "Driver", uncommented "nv" in the following line, and rebooted,
> and X worked normal again. Only the letters seem slightly frayed on
> the screen. This is unimportant for youngsters of 73 or even below,
> but people like me must avoid dissension with their eye doctor.

This could have several reasons. First you should run

xdpyinfo | grep dim

and check if the screen size X thinks you are using is correct. If not,
add

DisplaySize width height #width and height in mm

to the monitor section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and restart X. After
that at least the dpi value should be correct. If you still have
problems, make sure xfonts.*-transcoded is installed. You probably also
want to use AntiAliasing so smoothen the edges of your fonts. How you
activate it depends on which window manager/desktop environment you
use.

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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