On Wed Nov 03 1999 at 18:18, Siddarth Srivastav wrote:
[ this question probably best belongs in the linux-x11 mailing list ]
> hi all,
> i have the following problem, while configuring the system with
> 2.2.10 kernel.
> i have a Philips 170E monitor, which is not listed as a standard
(Do you mean a 107E ? I suspect so).
> monitor type. If i try with a nearest match of V&H frequencies, i manage
> to get the X working, but i am not able to see the fonts.
> Anyway, what is the best thing to do in cases like these where the
> monitor type is not listed and you have to get the thing working.
> i will grateful if people can Cc me, as i an not on the list.
There is absolutely nothing special about any particular monitor...
the **only** thing the monitor specs are used for is to set the
vertical and horizontal frequency ranges in the XF86Config file.
So all you have to do is to dig up the specs on your monitor from it's
manual, and put these into the Monitor section of the config file.
The idea is to set the "limits" for the cutput for the drivers. For
example, a low end monitor would only handle a limited range of
frequencies, so that would signal to the driver not to set resolution
modes that go beyond the specified monitor specs.
As for your font problem... could be a number of things going on here.
For recent redhat 6.0 distributions, X has been configured so that you
*must* have the xfs daemon (X Font Server) running on a local unix
socket. There are definite advantages to this, especially so that
fonts can be added or removed "on the fly". Otherwise the font paths
need to be specifically stated in the XF86Config file.
Now to admit to a lie... there is one thing you can do to help render
better fonts with XFree86... do something like this:
startx -- -bpp 24 -dpi 96
-bpp sets the colour depth (it's possible to set a default in the
config file).
-dpi specifies the "dots per inch". Windows always uses 96 dpi, XFree
uses smaller values by default. If you have a 17" or 19" monitor,
then there can be a big improvement in the way fonts are rendered by
specifying 96 dpi.
If none of these suggestions help, then all I can say is that you
haven't specified your problem clearly enough.
Definitely though... what happens to the fonts doesn't have very much
to do with the monitor specs (apart from the dpi setting) -- they are
two separate issues.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
Tony
