On Tuesday 18 April 2006 14:00, Steve Holdoway wrote: > On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:50:03 +1200 > > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 13:44 +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: > > > Any KDE experts out there able to give me pointers as to how to > > > optimise my display after upgrading to dual LCD monitors from CRT? > > > It almost looks like I need anti-aliasing enabled - bright halos > > > around dark characters when typing. > > > > > > Monitors are 19" LCD, 1280x1024, displa is an ATI 550 something. KDE > > > is 3.5 > > > > > > Wish I were bragging, but this is at work, not home (: > > > > > > > > > Steve > > > > LCD monitors always seem to go best at their native resolution, ie > > their highest supported. What res are they capable of and what are you > > running them at? > > Unfortunately 1280x1024, and 1280x1024 (: make sure the X-11 server is actually running at that resolution. This is helpful # cd ~/ # X -configure Now have a test run using:- # X -config xorg.conf.new It creates a new xorg.conf file as a basis for extra work using:- http://amlc.berlios.de/
You don't mention which dist. you are using. The anally-retentive ones don't install the full set of fonts by default, particularly the nice ones for some strange reason. Ensure that some of the fonts available are scalable. ( Type1 or ttf ) I like BitStream Vera Sans. -- CS
