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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!not-for-mail From: Chooka <dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,muc.lists.freebsd.questions Subject: Re: poor resolution Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 17:43:39 +1100 Organization: Monash University Lines: 37 Message-ID: <3328F39B.167EB0E7@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> References: <858208599.13437@dejanews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ascend-4-23.cc.monash.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-NNTP-Posting-User: root X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) To: thirdrck@mail.earthlink.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:36995 Jeff.Dickson@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: > > I recently downloaded the precompiled binary of netscape for x86 > purported to run under FreeBSD and it does - sorta of. The big- > gest problem is that the resolution and rendering of graphics is > so poor that text buried in imagery and fine detail is next to > impossible to make out! I have an ACER 100MHZ pentium running > FreeBSD 2.0.5. The manual was absolutely no help in determining > the proper video driver to use and the only one that works is > the generic (XF86_VGA16). The appearance was just fine and dandy > under Windows. Why not here? Anyways, what can I do? Better video > hardware and if so what are your reccommendations? > > thanks, Jeff > > -------------------==== Posted via Deja News ====----------------------- > http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Post to Usenet I found the same problem.... My fix involved increasing the color depth of the driver X was using. i.e. I went from 8 bit to 16 bit. You can check the depth by using xwininfo and selecting the root window Somewhere in the results you should see Depth : xx <- where xx is the display depth... Changing it involves fiddling with the XF86Config settings.... (Read the FAQ and handbook on this).... Another option would be to start Netscape with the -install switch which installs a private color map for Netscape to use.. Hope this helps... -- David Henshaw.