I think several people were having gamma problems with radeon on 4.3. I think you might want to try this patch: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=xfree86&m=105582853120655&w=2 --- David Willow <xfree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Two months ago I had to remove RedHat 9 and go back to RedHat 8 since > my > video would not work correctly. I would like to use RedHat 9 again, > but I > have not heard anything about my problem since my original postings > in May. > > My problem is with XFree 4.3. The screen looks like the contrast is > incorrect. The colors appear 'washed out' or pale. It is almost > impossible > to read white text on a blue background. After talking with others > on the > XFree list who have the same issue, I learned how to make the > appearance > better (a little better) by messing with the gamma settings - 'startx > -- > -bgamma .5 ggamma .4 rgamma .4'. Although I can use X with these > settings, > it is not good enough to look at for a long time (very hard on my > eyes). > > I really want to get RedHat 9 (with XFree 4.3) working. > > Thank you for your attention. > > David Willow > David@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > _______________________________________________ > xfree86-list mailing list > xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list > IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com
