On Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 11:37:13PM -0600, Katherine Harris wrote:
> >Which desktop and terminal? If it is Gnome and gnome-terminal try the
> >menu labeled 'settings' and turn off transparency and/or play around
> >foreground and background colors. Just to see if it is a contrast
> >problem you might also try, 'rxvt -bg black -fg white &'. rxvt is a
> >similar, but different terminal emulator. (Not to confuse the issue too
> >much, but I am more familiar with that one.)
> well, when I boot up, I get a $ prompt. And that needs the brightness
> turned down a bit, cause it's white text on a black screen. Then I type
> startx, and it starts loading x, and it's an x mouse pointer on some funky
> black and white background, only I can barely make out the x, cause it's so
> dark. That's what I mean. when I type startx from the $ prompt, I have to
> turn up the brightness, and when I logout of X, I have to turn it back
> down, and I'm wondering if there's some way I can balance X better.
When in text mode, when you boot up and before executing startx, you
can reduce the brightness by typing:
setterm -half-bright on
at the prompt. If that is what you want, you can put that line in your
rc.local file.
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