Re: Re: bad anti-aliasing; what thinks my CRT is an LCD display

2007-01-29 Thread Paul Bransford
Yes, subpixel rendering / subpixel hinting is what you need to turn off. It is detected by X. In my case, I can override my display driver (radeon) and force it to see a CRT on primary head and None on Secondary. The actual setup is LCD-panel in primary, CRT on secondary (laptop). Just as well

Re: bad anti-aliasing; what thinks my CRT is an LCD display

2007-01-03 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 22:53:17 -0500, Daniel B. wrote: Where is the configuration or auto-detection of whether a video display device is a CRT or an LCD? I've been getting strange color fringes around text when anti-aliasing is turned on. It seems that something thinks my display device

Re: bad anti-aliasing; what thinks my CRT is an LCD display

2007-01-03 Thread Florian Kulzer
[ I accidentally sent this message when it was only half finished; here is the full text. Sorry for the noise. ] On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 22:53:17 -0500, Daniel B. wrote: Where is the configuration or auto-detection of whether a video display device is a CRT or an LCD? I've been getting

Re: bad anti-aliasing; what thinks my CRT is an LCD display

2007-01-03 Thread Daniel B.
Florian Kulzer wrote: [ I accidentally sent this message when it was only half finished; here is the full text. Sorry for the noise. ] On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 22:53:17 -0500, Daniel B. wrote: Where is the configuration or auto-detection of whether a video display device is a CRT or an LCD?

Re: bad anti-aliasing; what thinks my CRT is an LCD display

2007-01-03 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 15:26:35 -0500, Daniel B. wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 22:53:17 -0500, Daniel B. wrote: Where is the configuration or auto-detection of whether a video display device is a CRT or an LCD? ... It seems that something thinks my display device is

Re: bad anti-aliasing; what thinks my CRT is an LCD display

2007-01-03 Thread Daniel Barclay
Florian Kulzer wrote: ... ...if an LCD screen is detected. You can avoid this by choosing Never if you suspect that there is a problem with the LCD detection. Where is the LCD detection performed? I have now worked around the problem (currently by turning off anti- aliasing entirely, soon by

bad anti-aliasing; what thinks my CRT is an LCD display

2007-01-02 Thread Daniel B.
Where is the configuration or auto-detection of whether a video display device is a CRT or an LCD? I've been getting strange color fringes around text when anti-aliasing is turned on. It seems that something thinks my display device is an LCD panel, when actually it's a CRT. Thanks, Daniel --