Re: warning when upgrading xorg for testing
Sorry, the reply button of Thunderbird sent this to the private address of Andreas Janssen and not to the list, and I seem to have slept. Please, excuse! Thank you very much for your fast and competent answer. My posting was mainly a warning to others upgrading testing and a complaint against NVIDIA's mystery mongering with their sourcecode. The fraying of letters is indeed very slight and may be caused mainly by my glaucoma and by the nv-programmers not knowing the modes of rendering Nvidia themselves use. Andreas Janssen schrieb: Hello Hans Vogelsberger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: . . . nvidia-glx was removed and no X showed up . . . This happened because nvidia-glx from testing is incompatible with xorg 6.9. You can install the nvidia or nvidia.*-legacy packages from unstable, . . . So there are nvidia and nvidia-glx packages in unstable now! I shall try to install the ones for my card some time this afternoon. Up to now I always had to install the original drivers from Nvidia for every new kernel, and I no longer want to undergo this procedure and to see the messages kernel tainted afterwards. . . . and check if the screen size X thinks you are using is correct. If not, add DisplaySize width height #width and height in mm . . . The monitor section is configured correct. In xorg.conf, there only were difficulties with the Logitech cordless mouse after update to 2.6.12 which I could solve by myself. . . . make sure xfonts.*-transcoded is installed. This is installed. Working in several languages and 'hobbying' linguistcs and ontology I constantly need UTF8-fonts. You probably also want to use AntiAliasing . . . This is also in use; when checking XFCE4 settings I found an entry for 'Sub-Pixel-Hinting' which I enabled, too. According to XFCE4 messages the effect will show up after next reboot. PS: reboot didn't make any difference. best regards Andreas Janssen Again many thanks for your prompt answer and best regards Hans Vogelsberger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
warning when upgrading xorg for testing
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. 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. Therefore I shall get rid of this Nvidia thing and buy something decent instead as soon as possible. Hans Vogelsberger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: warning when upgrading xorg for testing
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 -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps-sarge.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
