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Having recently installed Red Hat Linux on my Dell desktop (the install went well), I'm not happy with the display. The system info in KDE indicates the proper resolution but everything is still not clear to read. Text is fuzzy to the point that I cannot use it for any real work besides casual web browsing. What options fo I have here? Playing around with fonts, reinstalling/reconfiguring the X server? Any suggestions will be much appreciated. Thanks.
Sorry for taking so long to get back. Unfortunately as much as I'm trying to conver to linux, with the problems I'm having I'm forced to use my Windows computers to get my work done. But I'm not ready to give up on linux yet...
I'm not sure it is the screen resolution anymore. Because graphics are very clear - even the buttons on this site
like 'post reply' and 'edit', 'quote' etc are very clear. However the text is awful - I can barely read what I'm typing right now. So I think it is the fonts or something.
The window itself is sized OK - in KDE control center : 1024X768 which is what I want.
In my X86Config-4 I do have entries :
Device "RIVA TNT"
Monitor "DELL M780"
Depth 24
Modes 1024 x 780
HorizSync 30 - 85
VertRefresh 50-160
(I have to type these here since strangely in linux I cannot seem to be able to cut and
paste!) - tried opening a copy of the above config file in text editor and cutting and pasting - nothing!
Other info you wanted
RedHat linux 7.2 - using the cd from an older linux book
Hmmm if everything is now "clear" but the text is garbled, yes it could be fonts. But are the fonts screwed up in all applications or just your browser?
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Improving Screen Resolution.
