Installing experimental xorg to get smooth image scaling in iceweasel
Hi! I'm a long time debian user who recently bought a laptop with a 15.4 wuxga screen (1920x1200 resolution). The high resolution makes it necessary to zoom many webpages, and consequently I suffer a lot from the poor image scaling in iceweasel. But I read in this blogpost http://blog.vlad1.com/2008/03/18/a-little-more-cairo-just-for-you/ that smooth image scaling is coming to gnu/linux, and that it might be in the next xorg release (according to the blog post, it's already enabled in firefox, but depends on xorg to do the scaling). This is why I want to install xorg from experimental. And now begins my trouble. I'm using the amd64 port of lenny, and no matter how I try, there is a conflict with xserver-xorg-video-2 and xserver-xorg-core. Apparently, xserver-xorg-video-2 is needed by nvidia-glx, although I can't find it listed among the dependencies. I have the same trouble with xserver-xorg-input-2, which is needed by some other crucial package. If I do --force-conflicts to get nvidia-glx, I can start X, but I can't type nor move the mouse cursor, despite xserver-xorg-input-kbd and xserver-xorg-input-mouse being installed. Has anyone managed to install xorg 7.4 from experimental on amd64, and if so -- how did you do it? Please help! /hcm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing experimental xorg to get smooth image scaling in iceweasel
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:24:16 -0500 Hugo Vanwoerkom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But do you in fact know that smooth scaling is in 7.4? Hugo No, I don't. I just wanna see if it works, because the current scaling is in my face all day and it would be a great relief to have it improve. I have tested smooth scaling running the windows version of firefox under wine, and in my opinion, it would really be worth the trouble. /hcm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing experimental xorg to get smooth image scaling in iceweasel
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:18:31 +0200 Hans Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:24:16 -0500 Hugo Vanwoerkom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But do you in fact know that smooth scaling is in 7.4? Hugo No, I don't. I just wanna see if it works, because the current scaling is in my face all day and it would be a great relief to have it improve. I have tested smooth scaling running the windows version of firefox under wine, and in my opinion, it would really be worth the trouble. /hcm I was just able to check Hugos question by forcing nvidia-glx to install and creating a .xinitrc file that started iceweasel right after gnome (I still couldn't use mouse or keyboard in X). This way I was able to see that iceweasel does *not* scale smoothly using xorg 7.4 from experimental. At least it doesn't do it automagically with my current xorg.conf. If anyone has further info on iceweasel smooth image scaling I'd be very grateful to hear it! /hcm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Re: How do I get correct colors in totem and xine
In case someone else has the same problem, I found the solution. I started gstreamer-properties and changed the Video default output from Automatic to X window system (No xv). This fixed it. When you test the setting from within the gstreamer-properties app, you should be able to see the difference between the different settings very clearly. I guess Automatic choose the wrong setting in my case. /HC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How do I get correct colors in totem and xine
Hi! The colors in totem and xine are all wrong when I watch a dvd, and no matter how I adjust saturation and hue, I just can't seem to get them right. If I use SMPlayer, the colors are perfect. But I prefer totem or xine and want the colors to be right. Does anyone know what is the matter and how to fix this? I am using lenny. Please help! /Hans Christian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I get correct colors in totem and xine
Sorry for the double mail. I had some mail trouble and thought the first mail hadn't worked. /Hans Christian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid
On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:09:34 +0100 andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all This is just a general enquiry about the benefits of using Sid on a desktop or a workstation. Aside from obtaining up-to-the-minute software (and related patches), are there any other benefits to using Sid? I am aware of the risks - i.e. frequently broken applications - but to be honest, how often does this happen? Any thoughts (no flames please - I recycled my asbestos suit!!) Cheers Andy I used sid at home and at work for seven years before I got a kid and switched to stable :). In my experience, there are great benefits in using sid if you are alone or one of a few GNU/Linux users in a huge windows network like I am at work. Every month or so, there's something new that you're supposed to be able to deal with. It can be some new windows communications software, a new printer, a new file format or some other stuff. Using sid helps you deal with that much better than stable does. Also, sid is fun. Stable is boring :). Sid does break stuff though, but this need not be a huge problem. I did two things that saved my ass when things got really borked. First, I made sure I had console tools for basic stuff ready and configured: links, mutt, latex etc. That way you can still surf the web and produce nice documents should graphics break down. Second, I kept a backup partition where I duplicated my sid system manually every time I felt that wow, right now, sid is working almost flawlessly. If things broke at a real inconvenient time, I just booted the backup system. Other than that, I just updated every day except when I knew beforehand that it would be a rough day. Keeping an eye on what gets updated is a good idea too. If you see a move from xfree86 to xorg, maybe you should check the lists before updating. /HC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
give me the command line - REPHRASED
On booting my woody-box it goes directly into X without letting me command startx. How do I make it stay at a command line untill I order startx? Regards/venlig hilsen Hans Christian Andersen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
apt-setup with proxy
Hi, does anybody know, how to tell apt-setup that it has to use a proxy? I'm in a network that only allows ftp through a proxy. Please reply to my e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] because I'm not on debian-user. Thanks Johnny
qt 2.2.3 for debian
Hi, I searched and searched but didn't find any qt packages for debian. Does anybody know, where to download them? Please reply to my e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] because I'm not on debian-user. Thanks Johnny
Masquerading
Hi, is there anybody out there who kan help me start building a masquerading and dialin and fax and firewall box with potato? Thanks Johnny
