Re: warning when upgrading xorg for testing
Hello
Hans Vogelsberger (<hans.vogelsberger@chello.at>) wrote:
> When apt-get upgraded xorg for Debian testing this afternoon (Central
> European Time), nvidia-glx was removed and no X showed up after next
> boot.
This happened because nvidia-glx from testing is incompatible with xorg
6.9. You can install the nvidia or nvidia.*-legacy packages from
unstable, depending on whether you have a card that is only supported
by the legacy driver (GeForce 2 or older) or e newer card.
> I commented "nvidia" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf - Section "Device" -
> line "Driver", uncommented "nv" in the following line, and rebooted,
> and X worked normal again. Only the letters seem slightly frayed on
> the screen. This is unimportant for youngsters of 73 or even below,
> but people like me must avoid dissension with their eye doctor.
This could have several reasons. First you should run
xdpyinfo | grep dim
and check if the screen size X thinks you are using is correct. If not,
add
DisplaySize width height #width and height in mm
to the monitor section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and restart X. After
that at least the dpi value should be correct. If you still have
problems, make sure xfonts.*-transcoded is installed. You probably also
want to use AntiAliasing so smoothen the edges of your fonts. How you
activate it depends on which window manager/desktop environment you
use.
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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