Gnome 2.8 desktop seems dull (resolved)

mikelarry · Last edited by mikelarry on Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:29 am; edited 1 time in total

Hi, I'm dual booting my dell laptop between Gentoo and M$Windows (MS work only). My graphics are crystall clear in windows, however my gentoo/gnome desktop feels a bit fuzzy or softer. Is there any way to get my gentoo to be more vivid?

Thanks in advanced!

noup · l33t Joined: 21 Mar 2003 Posts: 917

what is your video card? to get more vivid colors, you can use digital vibrance (depending on the card), though i'm not sure this is what you want.
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mikelarry · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 12:34 pm Post subject:

My video card is a Nvidia Geforce FX GO 5200 on a widesceen LCD Dell notebook.

Thanks for the responce.

John-Boy · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 3:57 pm Post subject:

Is it just the fonts that seem fuzzy or the whole desktop ? I had something similar caused by my fonts - followed the Gentoo Wikki and changed the order around of my dpi fonts (100 before 75), its been a while, but if I remember correctly that was given as an option to help with blurry fonts. Worked in my case.
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noup · l33t Joined: 21 Mar 2003 Posts: 917

that's the thing, i'm not really understanding the kind of thing you are experiencing. could you explain more about the "fuzzy" look you are seeing?
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mikelarry · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 7:47 pm Post subject:

The whole desktop (fonts, colors, windows, etc) are definitely not as crisp and bright as my windows xp desktop. They look a little dull or soft.

noup · l33t Joined: 21 Mar 2003 Posts: 917

But it's only in what comes to colors, right? The lines/etc aren't "shaking", right? Try emerging nvidia-settings and set the digital vibrance, see what you get.
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mikelarry · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:28 am Post subject:

Exactly what I was looking for!

Thanks a lot!

noup · l33t Joined: 21 Mar 2003 Posts: 917