[ale] thoughts on RH 8.0 (and gnome 2 in general)

[Jeff Hubbs]

Are you using any kind of monitor cable extender with the new setup?

- Jeff

On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 13:48, Christopher R. Curzio wrote:
> Ack! Ack!
> 
> I just upgraded to a GeForce 2, and I'm seeing this same problem! Not with
> Red Hat or Gnome, but with X in general. (No fuzziness with my Voodoo3
> 2000 - my previous card.) It's like, the fonts appear normal when I look
> closely, but from afar (normal viewing distance) they're slightly blurred.
> 
> 
> I've yet to find a solution. If you come up with one, please let me know!
> 
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> Christopher R. Curzio     |  Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax
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> :wq!
> 
> 
> Thus Spake "John Wells" <jb at sourceillustrated.com>:
> Tue, 1 Oct 2002 12:20:41 -0400 (EDT)
> 
> 
> > Initial thoughts....the interface looks very nice.  Like the
> > consistency, and the fonts are definitely an improvement.
> > 
> > However, one thing I've noticed (noticed this in gnome 2 before but
> > thought it was just a transient bug/feature) is that everything looks
> > just a tad fuzzy...especially the fonts and edges of the graphics.  It
> > may be my graphics card, but it seems to happen here at work *and* at
> > home (32 mb Geforce 2 at home with Nvidia drivers).
> > 
> > Gnome 1.4 does not have this problem.
> > 
> > Anyone else notice this?
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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