Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1962 mails)

[Dave Howorth <dhoworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike wrote:
> As I said in the post, I ran "sax2 -r -m 0=nv" prior to installing 
> the nvidia proprietary drivers so that I could at least get my wide 
> screen display functioning. After installing the nvidia drivers, I 
> activated the driver as you stated above. The proprietary driver for
>  3D is working fine. The problem is with the font rendering.

but before that Mike wrote:
> It still shows up as a Vesa Framebuffer adapter even though the 
> nVidia drivers are loaded.

I'm confused. Is the proprietary driver running or not?

If it is running: (a) do you see the nvidia splash screen at start up?
(b) what do you mean by "It still shows up as a Vesa Framebuffer"?

> Also, I am getting extremely bad ghosting (shadowing) of my fonts
> which is especially noticeable while typing on a white background. 
> I've tried adjusting the aliasing/anti-aliasing and changing to and 
> from sub-pixel hinting with varying hinting styles, but so far I 
> haven't come across the magic combination yet to get rid of the lousy
>  looking fonts.

How are you making these adjustments?

What is the X screen size in pixels? (e.g. as given by xdpyinfo)
What is the native resolution of the monitor?

Cheers, Dave
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