[ale] Xorg rant

[Christoper Fowler]

Jim Kinney wrote:
> sounds like a need to tweak the refresh setting in xorg.
>
> Section "Monitor"
>     Identifier   "Monitor0"
>     VendorName   "Unknown"
>     ModelName    "Unknown"
>     HorizSync    30.0 - 110.0
>     VertRefresh  50.0 - 150.0
>     Option        "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> This is a 19" LCD from viewsonic (va912b). I have seen that the 
> screens farther from 1024x768 format are much harder to get tuned well 
> for Xorg. I think part of the problem is the newer monitors no longer 
> emit good data on query about formatting thus all the stupid "driver 
> disks" for windows.
>
> It would be nice if there was a clearly defined manner to input the 
> screen dimensions in pixels as a starting point for the new, wide 
> sizes (that are not standardized ANYWHERE).
>
Exactly.  I've got gOS loaded and updated.  The issue I'm having now is 
that the window border colors appeared to be "washed out" in some
areas.

For example,  If I click the speaker to adjust volume, I can see the + 
and - but I can not see the value in between.  It is like one grey 
rectangle.