on Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 12:30:43PM +0100, Roel Schroeven (rschroev_nospam_ml@fastmail.fm) wrote:
> Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> > Hello, all
> >
> > Thanks to Kent West for his page on how to set up a two headed box.
> >
> > <http://docs.linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/10/05/025207&tid=>
> >
> > It worked great! Now my problem (well, one of them) is that my two
> > monitors have differing values for colors. One monitor has a decidedly
> > redder hue than the other which, by comparison, is quite greenish. The
> > controls on both monitors only deal with screen geometry, not color. Is
> > this an issue of monitor age? One is several years older than the
> > other.
>
> I don't think it's the age. At work I have two identical NEC LCD
> monitors, bought at the same time. Both are connected to the same ATI
> card, one on the digital output and one on the analog output. They too
> show different color values, the one being much to green (I think the
> one on the analog output, but I'm not sure) and the other perhaps just a
> bit too red.
>
> I've tried adjusting the colors using the controls provided by the ATI
> driver on Windows (we're a Windows shop), but I couldn't get it quite
> right.
There's a gamma-correction facility in X. 'man XF86Config-4' (or
XF86Config for v3) and search 'Gamma'. You'll find syntax for entering
corrections.
Do so for one of your monitors until it's corrected (or at least
improved.
Peace.
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