On Sonntag, 2. März 2008, Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > I changed the monitor on a box that runs kdm/KDE and the fonts on KDE apps > are giving me a headache from eye strain. This is particularly bad when > working at a console (white letters on black background) and KDE text > editors (with black letters on white background). Essentially, the > antiailiasing seems to alter the consistency of fonts in an irregular > manner causing them to blur (differently) across the screen, as if the > monitor resolution is out of sync. > > The resolution in xorg.conf is set at 360 290 mm, but the DDC picks this up > on its own anyway, whether I define it in xorg.conf, or not. I have no > modeline set. All I can think that is amiss is the DPI. I seem to be > getting a DPI of 90x89: > > $ xdpyinfo | grep resolution > resolution: 90x89 dots per inch > > Could this be the cause of my headache and how should I fix it?
post your xorg.conf? drivers? increase font size? -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
