[gentoo-user] Re: jagged, grey, fine, horizontal lines on xterm border

2009-04-10 Thread 7v5w7go9ub0o
Paul Hartman wrote: On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 1:43 PM, 7v5w7go9ub0o 7v5w7go9u...@gmail.com wrote: snip But the question is, why do I (and you) see jaggedness when looking at that jpeg? I can ignore it, and likely it'll be fine (no jaggedness when looking at that particular pattern) the next

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: jagged, grey, fine, horizontal lines on xterm border

2009-04-09 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 09 April 2009 03:22:23 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: something similar on my system. That's it. It is the same gray hash that appears as the background if you were to start X using xorgcfg to self generate an xorg-config. It's obviously something one can learn to live with (I work a lot

[gentoo-user] Re: jagged, grey, fine, horizontal lines on xterm border

2009-04-09 Thread 7v5w7go9ub0o
Alan McKinnon wrote: On Thursday 09 April 2009 03:22:23 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: something similar on my system. That's it. It is the same gray hash that appears as the background if you were to start X using xorgcfg to self generate an xorg-config. It's obviously something one can learn to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: jagged, grey, fine, horizontal lines on xterm border

2009-04-09 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 9:07 AM, 7v5w7go9ub0o 7v5w7go9u...@gmail.com wrote: Alan McKinnon wrote: On Thursday 09 April 2009 03:22:23 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: something similar on my system. That's it. It is the same gray hash that appears as the background if you were to start X using xorgcfg to

[gentoo-user] Re: jagged, grey, fine, horizontal lines on xterm border

2009-04-09 Thread 7v5w7go9ub0o
Paul Hartman wrote: On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 9:07 AM, 7v5w7go9ub0o 7v5w7go9u...@gmail.com wrote: So I figured that I should take a snapshot of the old xterm and post it next to yesterday's posting and allow folks an a:b comparison. But YIKES - when I looked at the photo on the updated box, I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: jagged, grey, fine, horizontal lines on xterm border

2009-04-09 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 1:43 PM, 7v5w7go9ub0o 7v5w7go9u...@gmail.com wrote: Paul Hartman wrote: On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 9:07 AM, 7v5w7go9ub0o 7v5w7go9u...@gmail.com wrote: So I figured that I should take a snapshot of the old xterm and post it next to yesterday's posting and allow folks an

[gentoo-user] Re: jagged, grey, fine, horizontal lines on xterm border

2009-04-08 Thread 7v5w7go9ub0o
Alan McKinnon wrote: On Wednesday 08 April 2009 20:35:24 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: Just upgraded to xorg-server-1.5.3-r5, and now I see some sort of pattern on the edge of my xterms; reminiscent of the gray background of basic xwindows. I seem to recall seeing this years ago, and having to modify a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: jagged, grey, fine, horizontal lines on xterm border

2009-04-08 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 08 April 2009 21:10:38 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: The config option you refer to is -br It's an option to X, so set it up in whatever you use to start X (kdm, gdm, startx, etc) Thanks for the quick reply! Doesn't seem to work. I typically start my xsession with startx, so it is

[gentoo-user] Re: jagged, grey, fine, horizontal lines on xterm border

2009-04-08 Thread 7v5w7go9ub0o
Paul Hartman wrote: On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:35 PM, 7v5w7go9ub0o 7v5w7go9u...@gmail.com wrote: Just upgraded to xorg-server-1.5.3-r5, and now I see some sort of pattern on the edge of my xterms; reminiscent of the gray background of basic xwindows. I seem to recall seeing this years ago, and

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: jagged, grey, fine, horizontal lines on xterm border

2009-04-08 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 7:33 PM, 7v5w7go9ub0o 7v5w7go9u...@gmail.com wrote: Paul Hartman wrote: On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:35 PM, 7v5w7go9ub0o 7v5w7go9u...@gmail.com wrote: Just upgraded to xorg-server-1.5.3-r5, and now I see some sort of pattern on the edge of my xterms; reminiscent of the

[gentoo-user] Re: jagged, grey, fine, horizontal lines on xterm border

2009-04-08 Thread 7v5w7go9ub0o
Paul Hartman wrote: On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 7:33 PM, 7v5w7go9ub0o 7v5w7go9u...@gmail.com wrote: Paul Hartman wrote: On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:35 PM, 7v5w7go9ub0o 7v5w7go9u...@gmail.com wrote: Just upgraded to xorg-server-1.5.3-r5, and now I see some sort of pattern on the edge of my xterms;

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: jagged, grey, fine, horizontal lines on xterm border

2009-04-08 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 8:22 PM, 7v5w7go9ub0o 7v5w7go9u...@gmail.com wrote: Paul Hartman wrote: On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 7:33 PM, 7v5w7go9ub0o 7v5w7go9u...@gmail.com  wrote: Paul Hartman wrote: On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:35 PM, 7v5w7go9ub0o 7v5w7go9u...@gmail.com wrote: Just upgraded to