On Wednesday 09 September 2015 14:41:19 Mick wrote: > On Wednesday 09 Sep 2015 09:28:54 Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Tuesday 08 September 2015 19:42:08 Mick wrote: > > > > --->8 > > > > > So, the Linux renedering seems to be misleading the user. Have you > > > noticed the same? > > > > > > BTW, both Linux machines that I tried this on are running radeon drivers > > > - are these to blame? The AppleMac is running Intel graphics with its > > > 'retina' monitor. Is it a matter of somehow tuning the Xorg settings on > > > my Linux PCs? > > > > Have you calibrated your monitors? That seems to be the first thing to do. > > I bought a device six months ago and it's transformed my viewing > > > > experience: > > http://www.hughski.com/ > > > > (Usual disclaimer.) > > The desktop has two monitors, of different ages and quality. However, the > difference between images I'm referring to in this thread, is visible on the > *same* monitor when using MSWindows (either natively or within a VM), but > much less so on Linux. I've tried to make the two monitors' colours look > similar, but the old Dell monitor has a lot more red in it which I can't > take out using the hardware adjustments. > > I have been thinking to buy one of these little measuring devices and now > may be a good time. > > Would you mind explaining how it works? You measure the icc of a monitor - > what do you do with this then? Do you need to be running something like > colord all the time to feed some correction data to xranrd?
I'll have to go through the process again because I can't remember. (Six months? Not a chance!) I'll let you know when I've done it; probably tomorrow. -- Rgds Peter
