[juneau-lug] Re: Linux Games Notes
- From: Nels Tomlinson <nelstomlinson@xxxxxxx>
- To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 21:09:27 -0800
Well, I got the pixel depths problem fixed. That wasn't hardware, but
just too few details in the XF86config-4 file that X set up for me.
When I put in the same mode lines for each monitor, they both work the same.
That means that I can't do the test that you suggested. In fact, I'm
not sure that they were running at different pixel depths: the ugly,
switching colors was happening on both, so I think that X just settled
for the lowest common denominator.
I've opened the Gimp and displayed a picture across both monitors, and
it looks pretty good.
The one remaining problem is that the colors are somewhat different on
the two monitors. I found out about xgamma, and have been experimenting
with changing gamma, all at once and red, green and blue individually.
So far, I can't make the two look the same. I wish I could find a gamma
GUI, so I could drag something about through the color space and see
what it looks like. On the new monitor, the white looks a little dirty,
perhaps slightly tinged with red. Unfortunately, turning the red down
to almost zero doesn't seem to change that.
Anyway, that's not a huge problem, so I won't panic about it.
Nels
>
> A dual-monitor setup in Windows is a pain as well. Your mileage may
> vary according to hardware, but also software. The only way I could
> get ArcGIS to work correctly on a Windows 2000 Dell workstation
> was to install 2 identical video cards and LCD screens (the cards were
> DVI). This may be the case with some linux apps as well.
>
> When you get it up, can you try a Gimp session with a window spread
> between the two monitors set to different pixel depths? That's the true
> torture test...spanning.
>
> Stephen
>
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