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Eviltelm

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Registered: 2007-10-30

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gnome hurts my eyes :( [SOLVED]

Hi
I have installed gnome but it hurts my eyes, i think its because i have a laptop with widescreen resolution, but i can't change the resolution to 1280x800, i try to put that mode in xorg.conf but it says its an error or something, any help??
thanks

P.S. fonts also look crappy, but maybe because of screen resolution.
P.S. I have ati mobility X1400 and i'm using vesa driver, i tryed to fglrx but after the install the module ipw3945 was gone :S how can i install fglrx without that to happen??
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Last edited by Eviltelm (2007-11-04 22:28:04)

BJJ

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Registered: 2007-10-23

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Re: gnome hurts my eyes :( [SOLVED]

I Think you mean a 1280x800 resolution
Make sure DPMS is set to true for your monitor.

Do you have fglrx set in your rc.conf modules line?

Phrodo_00

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Registered: 2006-04-09

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Re: gnome hurts my eyes :( [SOLVED]

I believe you have to enable subpixel antialiasing in font preferences for your fonts to look right in a lcd monitor.

Eviltelm

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Registered: 2007-10-30

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Re: gnome hurts my eyes :( [SOLVED]

I Think you mean a 1280x800 resolution
Make sure DPMS is set to true for your monitor.

Do you have fglrx set in your rc.conf modules line?

yes, i meant 1280
DPMS is true! I'm using gutsy's live-cd xorg.conf.
I don't have there fglrx, i had to reinstall arch because fglrx messed it up lol

Phrodo_00, i'll try to do that!

Thanks all

Linteg

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Registered: 2006-03-11

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Re: gnome hurts my eyes :( [SOLVED]

Another thing, install libxft-lcd and cairo-lcd, it makes subpixel hinting look a lot better (well, that's my subjective opinion at least) they're both in the community repo.

Eviltelm

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Re: gnome hurts my eyes :( [SOLVED]

phrodo_00 where are font-preferences? i can't find them in menu, maybe need to install it...
Linteg, those conflict with 'libxft' and 'cairo'.
Thanks

Phrodo_00

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Re: gnome hurts my eyes :( [SOLVED]

phrodo_00 where are font-preferences? i can't find them in menu, maybe need to install it...
Linteg, those conflict with 'libxft' and 'cairo'.
Thanks

I forgot in gnome 2.20 the font preferencies got merged into the appearence-properties, under system->preferences->appearence->fonts (or something like that I'm translating back to english from spanish here so the names might not be exact), make sure to check out the details.

Eviltelm

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Re: gnome hurts my eyes :( [SOLVED]

hmm, i new i've seen those before when i go to arch i'll check it out, thanks
I changed the xorg.conf resolution properly (it think, at least no errors), but it doesn't really change in gnome i think, in that screen manager it's always 1024*768 and with 81 hz or something, in ubuntu i have only 60 hz, and 1280*800, i don't know why it doesn't work in arch
Thanks

xaw

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Registered: 2007-08-09

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Re: gnome hurts my eyes :( [SOLVED]

@Eviltelm: does your hardware use the Intel GMA945/950/965 chipset? If it does, you might need the 915resolution package in extra/915resolution.

Just a thought.

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Eviltelm

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Re: gnome hurts my eyes :( [SOLVED]

hi, in my motherboard chipset using everest:

North Bridge    Mobile Intel Calistoga-PM i945PM

is that it?
thanks

Martyr

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Registered: 2006-10-04

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Re: gnome hurts my eyes :( [SOLVED]

Linteg, those conflict with 'libxft' and 'cairo'.
Thanks

man pacman

Use pacman -R to remove those packages, then install the -lcd ones. And look into the -d and -f switches, these will bypass any dependency checks.

I higly recommend libxft-lcd and cairo-lcd, it's a world of difference.

Eviltelm

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Re: gnome hurts my eyes :( [SOLVED]

ok I was afraid to mess it all up
Thanks

Eviltelm

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Re: gnome hurts my eyes :( [SOLVED]

done
what about my resolution prob now? :S
thanks

Crooksey

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Re: gnome hurts my eyes :( [SOLVED]

pacman -Sy fglrx
aticonfig --initial
add the "fglrx" module to the modules array in /etc/rc.conf
reboot
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Eviltelm

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Re: gnome hurts my eyes :( [SOLVED]

screen good now , but like happened before no ipw3945 module :S i think its because fglrx install also installed a newer kernel so no wireless nor ethernet, now how can i install ipw3945 package? i have the cd but i don't know if i can use that package or how...
thanks

Crooksey

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Re: gnome hurts my eyes :( [SOLVED]

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wir … _Method.29

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Eviltelm

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Re: gnome hurts my eyes :( [SOLVED]

I can't use that alternate method because i don't have network to use pacman because with no wireless no network lol

Crooksey

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Re: gnome hurts my eyes :( [SOLVED]

If its a laptop.. pick it up and place it next to the router and use ethernet cable?

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Eviltelm

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Re: gnome hurts my eyes :( [SOLVED]

ethernet does not work lol
but I added the cdrom to pacman.conf, did sync, then pacman -R ipw3945 and pacman -S ipw3945, modules were right in rc.conf reboot but nothing... modprobe ipw3945 and not found :S

Crooksey

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Re: gnome hurts my eyes :( [SOLVED]

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=39190

Problems I had and also how I got it working.

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