[XFree86] Blurry Monitor

2003-03-10 Thread D. Rick Anderson
I'm having a strange problem with my monitor. In linux (RH 8.0) it is just 'slightly' blurry. Not so blurry as to make it impossible to read, but blurry enough that if I code here for more than 20 minutes or so, my head is pounding from eye strain. If I boot up into windblows 2000 it's nice and

Re: [XFree86] Blurry Monitor

2003-03-10 Thread Jesse Hutton
I was using a similar card, and was also unhappy with the 2D graphics. I don't quite know what to tell you. I've since bought a Matrox G550, which has vastly improved the situation for me. I've heard that NVIDIA's linux drivers are improving, however, so I'd suggest you give that a try since

Re: [XFree86] Blurry Monitor

2003-03-10 Thread Trever Furnish
I wish I could help - maybe then I could help myself. I have a system with similar symptoms. I've even explicitely set the hsync and vsync - ie I put in only one value for each, not a range - and it doesn't seem to help. On the other hand, xvidtune claims it's not actually running at

Re: [XFree86] Blurry Monitor

2003-03-10 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On 10 Mar 2003, D. Rick Anderson wrote: Man I wish it was something as simple as anti-aliasing. I tried my little 15 Sony on here, and it looks nice and sharp. I just don't really want to work on that 15 all day. What's getting my goat is if I boot into windows 2000 it looks great! It's

Re: [XFree86] Blurry Monitor

2003-03-10 Thread Trever Furnish
Mark Vojkovich wrote: On 10 Mar 2003, D. Rick Anderson wrote: Man I wish it was something as simple as anti-aliasing. I tried my little 15 Sony on here, and it looks nice and sharp. I just don't really want to work on that 15 all day. What's getting my goat is if I boot into windows 2000 it

Re: [XFree86] Blurry Monitor

2003-03-10 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Trever Furnish wrote: Ok, but how do you force a specific, exact refresh rate? My monitor's manual lists the exact dot-clock and frequency for each resolution, but even if I specify only one value for hsync and vsync in XF86Config, the values xvidtune reports are at