HELP - FC6 looks really bad (sometimes)

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 12/12/06, John Wendel <john.wendel at metnet.navy.mil> wrote:
>
> I installed FC6 with KDE on my test box with a 17 inch 1024 x 768 crt,
> Nvidia 5200 using the NV driver - looks beautiful!
>
> I installed FC6 with Gnome on my laptop with a 15 inch 1280 x 800 LCD,
> Intel 915 video - also looks very nice (much nicer than the XP I
> dumped from the box)!
>
> I installed FC6 with KDE on my daily use desktop (the one I really
> care about) with a Princeton 19 inch 1280 x 1024 LCD, Nvidia 6200, and
> it looks horrible! I tried the NV and Nvidia drivers, no difference.
>
> My main complaint is that the fonts aren't anti-aliased, and they're
> multi-colored. All the graphics look "harsh" compared to the other
> boxes. There are lots of strange colored artifacts on the screen.
>
> X insists on setting the display to 60 Hz vert refresh, when it only
> works at 75 Hz. When I hard coded 75 Hz in xorg.conf, X sets the
> screen resolution to 1280 x 800. It looks better, but I'd like to use
> the rest of the screen.
>
> I can fix the 60Hz problem with the system-config-display tool, but X
> always resets it when I reboot.
>
> I've tried all the font anti-aliasing options that KDE offers without
> any success.
>
> The box was previously running FC3 and the display looked fine. I was
> hoping for an upgrade, not a downgrade.
>
> I think I need some heavy work in xorg.conf, but I'm not sure what I
> need. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> John
>

A better subject line might have aided your cause. Either way i am of
no help, sorry.

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