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X problems

Greetings,

I recently tried out a fairly recent Ubuntu boot CD (just to test it -
no plans on switching from Debian which I love) and was surprised to
see that my X desktop looked so much better: it was brighter and even
in the gnome-term and xterm I tried the fonts seemed better contrast,
more crisp! I wonder what Ubuntu is doing that my  X.org didn't do? I
was running XFree86 before and also had same issues: my display was
noticeably less bright and same issue with fonts, X.org package did
automagically setup my /etc/X11/xorg.conf and everything seems to work
fine except these 2 issues could obviously be better. So my question
is HOW can I make my Debian X desktop look as nice as the one from the
Ubuntu CD? How do you adjust the brightness in X, is there some app to
do it? Or way to set it at X server level so it's always like that?
And what about the fonts? I am running Debian testing with 2.6.18
kernel on Dell Latitude C600 laptop. Also does anyone know how to
enable hardware acceleration for an ATI Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x gfx
card? I tried playing an OpenGL game and it told me hardware accel.
was disabled.

Below is my /etc/X11/xorg.conf and info on my gfx card:

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
	# path to defoma fonts
	FontPath	"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load	"bitmap"
	Load	"dbe"
	Load	"ddc"
	Load	"dri"
	Load	"extmod"
	Load	"freetype"
	Load	"glx"
	Load	"int10"
	Load	"record"
	Load	"vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"kbd"
	Option		"CoreKeyboard"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc104"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"us"
	Option		"XkbOptions"	"altwin:meta_win"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/psaux"
	Option		"Protocol"		"PS/2"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Synaptics Touchpad"
	Driver		"synaptics"
	Option		"SendCoreEvents"	"true"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/psaux"
	Option		"Protocol"		"auto-dev"
	Option		"HorizScrollDelta"	"0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x"
	Driver		"ati"
	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Dell Latitude C600 LCD"
	Option		"DPMS"
	HorizSync	28-51
	VertRefresh	43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x"
	Monitor		"Dell Latitude C600 LCD"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		1
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		4
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		8
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		15
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		16
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"Default Layout"
	Screen		"Default Screen"
	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"
	InputDevice	"Configured Mouse"
	InputDevice	"Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode	0666
EndSection


From lspci:


01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility
M3 AGP 2x (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
       Subsystem: Dell Latitude C600
       Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B-
       Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium

TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-

       Latency: 32 (2000ns min), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
       Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
       Region 0: Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
       Region 1: I/O ports at ec00 [size=256]
       Region 2: Memory at fdffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
       [virtual] Expansion ROM at fd000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
       Capabilities: [50] AGP version 2.0
               Status: RQ=32 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64-
HTrans- 64bit- FW- AGP3- Rate=x1,x2
               Command: RQ=32 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ AGP+ GART64- 64bit-
FW- Rate=x2
       Capabilities: [5c] Power Management version 2
               Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
               Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

Regards,
Zach
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