Re: Poor rendering of pages using IceWeasel 3.0

[andy <geek_show@dsl.pipex.com>]

Ron Johnson wrote:
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> On 07/27/08 15:54, andy wrote:
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> > andy wrote:
> >     
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I have been finding that graphics and text are being rendered very
> > > poorly using IceWeasel 3.0. Is there a way I can fix this? I have
> > > checked through the options, etc., in IW but find nothing relevant.
> > >
> > > I am using an up-to-date Lenny machine.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Andy
> > >
> > >       
> > Ron
> >
> > Sorry for not getting back sooner.
> >
> > No I am not using an ATi card - rather a nVidia GeForce 8500. Before the
> > IW3.0 upgrade, pages rendered fine. Now the images are "fuzzy" and the
> > text looks a bit scratchy. This seems to be on most pages I browse to.
> >
> > Having reviewed previous posts here on this topic I cannot find anything
> > really that helps, and since it is since the upgrade, I am wont to
> > suspect that IW3.0 is the culprit rather than any hardware issues on my
> > side.
> >     
>
> Hmmm.  Nothing changed when I upgraded, and that was back at -rc2.
>
> One thing is that occasionally (in the past) I've noticed that IW
> would change my font list after an upgrade.  Hasn't happened since
> the mid 2.0.0.x series, though.  That might be something to consider.
>
> Here are the relevant sections of my xorg.conf.
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>     Identifier     "Default Layout"
>     Screen         "Default Screen" 0 0
>     InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
>     InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
>     Option         "AIGLX"   "true"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
>     Load           "bitmap"
>     Load           "dbe"
>     Load           "ddc"
>     Load           "extmod"
>     Load           "freetype"
>     Load           "glx"
>     Load           "int10"
>     Load           "record"
>     Load           "type1"
>     Disable        "v4l"
>     Disable        "dri"
>     Load           "vbe"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier     "nVidia Corporation G72 [GeForce 7300 SE]"
>     Driver         "nvidia"
>     BusID           "PCI:6:0:0"
>     Option         "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"   "true"
>     Option         "AllowGLXWithComposite"   "true"
>     Option         "TripleBuffer"            "true"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier     "Default Screen"
> #    Device         "nVidia Corporation Unknown"
>     Monitor        "GatewayVX112"
>     Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals"   "true"
>     Option         "DisableGLXRootClipping" "True"
>     DefaultDepth   24
>     SubSection     "Display"
>         Depth       1
>         Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>     EndSubSection
>     SubSection     "Display"
>         Depth       4
>         Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>     EndSubSection
>     SubSection     "Display"
>         Depth       8
>         Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>     EndSubSection
>     SubSection     "Display"
>         Depth       15
>         Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>     EndSubSection
>     SubSection     "Display"
>         Depth       16
>         Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>     EndSubSection
>     SubSection     "Display"
>         Depth       24
>         Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>     EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
>
>
> - --
> Ron Johnson, Jr.
> Jefferson LA  USA
>
>   
Ron

That looks not too dissimilar to my own /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, using 
the 2.6.25-2 kernel:


# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder3)  Thu Feb 14 
18:20:37 PST 2008

Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier     "Layout0"
   Screen      0  "Screen0"
   InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
   InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
   RgbPath         "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection

Section "Module"
   Load           "nvidia"
   Load           "dbe"
   Load           "extmod"
   Load           "type1"
   Load           "freetype"
   Load    "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   # generated from default
   Identifier     "Mouse0"
   Driver         "mouse"
   Option         "Protocol" "auto"
   Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
   Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
   Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   # generated from default
   Identifier     "Keyboard0"
   Driver         "kbd"
   Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
   Option          "XkbModel"      "pc105"
   Option          "XkbLayout"     "gb"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier     "Monitor0"
   VendorName     "Unknown"
   ModelName      "Unknown"
   HorizSync       30.0 - 110.0
   VertRefresh     50.0 - 150.0
   Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
   Identifier     "Device0"
   Driver    "nvidia"
   Option    "IgnoreDisplayDevices"    "TV"
   Option      "Coolbits"    "1"
   Option      "RandRRotation"    "1"
   Option      "AddARGBGLXVisuals"    "1"
   Option      "TripleBuffer"    "0"
   Option      "DynamicTwinView"    "1"
   VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Identifier     "Screen0"
   Device         "Device0"
   Monitor        "Monitor0"
   DefaultDepth    24
   SubSection     "Display"
       Depth       24
   EndSubSection
EndSection


Section "Extensions"
   Option      "Composite"    "1"
#    Option      "RENDER"    "0"
EndSection


No obvious issues here that I can see.

Andy

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