Fonts bleeding problem with nvidia, redhat 9 and dell I8200

wizardmax · 05-01-03, 12:12 PM

I am having a strange problem. After installing the latest nVidia drivers on my RH9 laptop my fonts became colorful. What I mean is that they seem out of focus, like a rainbow (sort of) and are not black. Resembles something like a CRT monitor with an alignment problem, but this is a laptop screen on a dell inspirion 8200 with a gForce 440 Go. This does not happen for all fonts ether (or maybe they are just way smaller on the 1400x1024 screen and I cant see it.) I see this on all relatively large fonts such as kde start panel, kde menus and windows and in mozilla. It looks fine in a console... Anyone know what is going on and how to fix it??? It works fine with XFree nv drivers.

I run at 1400x1024, and don't have digital vibrance enabled. I have set the driver to mobile mode 1 for dell laptops and option NvAGP=3.

Thanks
Max

tc0 · 10-05-03, 12:16 PM

I have the same problem - has anyone else experienced this? Any solutions?

wizardmax · 10-05-03, 12:24 PM

I haven't been able to find a solution, but I am starting to think its the laptop/anti-aliasing combination. I enabled cleartype under WinXP and getting similar results (a lot less noticeable through).

Rambone · 10-05-03, 12:44 PM

are you using KDE?

wizardmax · 10-05-03, 12:59 PM

Yes, KDE with anti-aliasing. But from what I remember, Gnome was having the same problem. (dont quote me on that)

tc0 · 10-05-03, 02:19 PM

I'm not sure whether it is happening in Gnome, I'll go back and check. Definitely in KDE though...

Rambone · 10-05-03, 05:58 PM

I had that happening to me when I was on KDE. I turned off font anti-aliasing and it became much less noticeable. Also, the fonts that come bundled with RH and KDE can look wierd on some monitors. Install the adobe fonts and it should clear it up a bit.

tc0 · 10-06-03, 12:01 AM

Thank you!

wizardmax · 10-06-03, 09:05 AM

How much of it did you manage to get rid of?

Rambone · 10-06-03, 11:27 AM

it's not an issue on my box anymore because of it.

wizardmax · 10-06-03, 12:59 PM

Was it the fonts or the way KDE does anti-aliasing?

Rambone · 10-06-03, 01:54 PM

well it was both...

The fonts looked terrible, and KDE's antialiasing feature made it that much worse.

05-01-03, 12:12 PM	#1
wizardmax Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 10	Fonts bleeding problem with nvidia, redhat 9 and dell I8200 I am having a strange problem. After installing the latest nVidia drivers on my RH9 laptop my fonts became colorful. What I mean is that they seem out of focus, like a rainbow (sort of) and are not black. Resembles something like a CRT monitor with an alignment problem, but this is a laptop screen on a dell inspirion 8200 with a gForce 440 Go. This does not happen for all fonts ether (or maybe they are just way smaller on the 1400x1024 screen and I cant see it.) I see this on all relatively large fonts such as kde start panel, kde menus and windows and in mozilla. It looks fine in a console... Anyone know what is going on and how to fix it??? It works fine with XFree nv drivers. I run at 1400x1024, and don't have digital vibrance enabled. I have set the driver to mobile mode 1 for dell laptops and option NvAGP=3. Thanks Max

10-05-03, 12:16 PM	#2
tc0 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 3	Anyone? I have the same problem - has anyone else experienced this? Any solutions?

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10-05-03, 12:24 PM	#3
wizardmax Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 10	I haven't been able to find a solution, but I am starting to think its the laptop/anti-aliasing combination. I enabled cleartype under WinXP and getting similar results (a lot less noticeable through).

10-05-03, 12:44 PM	#4
Rambone Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 11	are you using KDE?

10-05-03, 12:59 PM	#5
wizardmax Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 10	Yes, KDE with anti-aliasing. But from what I remember, Gnome was having the same problem. (dont quote me on that)

10-05-03, 02:19 PM	#6
tc0 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 3	I'm not sure whether it is happening in Gnome, I'll go back and check. Definitely in KDE though...

10-05-03, 05:58 PM	#7
Rambone Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 11	I had that happening to me when I was on KDE. I turned off font anti-aliasing and it became much less noticeable. Also, the fonts that come bundled with RH and KDE can look wierd on some monitors. Install the adobe fonts and it should clear it up a bit.

10-06-03, 12:01 AM	#8
tc0 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 3	Thank you!

10-06-03, 09:05 AM	#9
wizardmax Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 10	How much of it did you manage to get rid of?

10-06-03, 11:27 AM	#10
Rambone Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 11	it's not an issue on my box anymore because of it.

10-06-03, 12:59 PM	#11
wizardmax Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 10	Was it the fonts or the way KDE does anti-aliasing?

10-06-03, 01:54 PM	#12
Rambone Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 11	well it was both... The fonts looked terrible, and KDE's antialiasing feature made it that much worse.