On Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 10:14:27PM -0600, Katherine Harris wrote:
> when I've got the brightness turned to a readable level for the $ prompt,
I
> can barely see X when I load it. Vice versa, when I've got X turned to a
> manageable brightness, the shell is almost completely washed out.
Many other people have already replied you with various settings within the
software.
However, it might be a good idea to check that the hardware basics are OK
too:
It seems to me that your monitor gamma is too high.
Have you tried to adjust the monitor's Contrast setting (does your monitor
HAS a Contrast setting - not all of them do...) ?
Your $ prompt is shown on-screen in 100% brightness, while GUI utilises grey
levels. The Brightness setting mainly affects the background "blackness",
the Contrast adjusts difference between 100% white and 0% white (i.e.
black).
Therefore:
To adjust your monitor to optimum display condition, first set both
Brightness and Contrast to theit maximum settings. Then adjust the $ prompt
to a comfortable level by using the Contrast setting. Try to leave it as
bright as possible, while still convenient for your eyes. Ignore the
background being light grey at this time.
Next adjust the background blackness down (with Brightness setting) to such
a level, where you *just barely* can see the background NOT being entirely
black, but faintly illuminated. Twist the Brightness up and down rapidly, it
is easier to see the difference in the beginning that way.
Now your monitor has a sort of "basic" setting: the monitor can display all
levels of grey, without leaving darkest grey levels solid black, nor
"burning" light tones flat white.
Your GUI should now be reasonably bright. If it is not, careful use of
Contrast setting will allow you to increase the general lightness of your
display. It may also be necessary to increase the Brightness a bit, if your
monitor is old and the phosphors are aging. (If this is the case, you just
have to live with it...)
--
Jukka Lindgren
=-= Echoed by a group of Testudo horsfieldi's =-=
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
([EMAIL PROTECTED] - office)
"I have been known to be wrong..."
--
To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe"
as the Subject.
