Thank you Kim for your considered questions. Answers follow:- On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 16:07 +0930, Kim Hawtin wrote: > Hi Dave, > > The Wassermans wrote: > > I have recently switched to Ubuntu 8.04. Am a new convert still trying > > to configure my computer. > > =) > > > At issue is my Samsung SyncMaster 205bw (lcd) monitor. > > is the 15 pin VGA or DVI connector in use?
The (Blue) VGA connector is in use. I don't believe my PC has a DVI connection facility. In case of need would an adaptor of some description make sense? > > > I have noticed that my photographs and videos are appreciably fuzzier > > than they are using the same monitor in XP. I am presuming that it must > > be something to do with the Driver? > > What is the application that you are using to view or edit the images? The applications I have tried are Picasa & F-Spot. > > Is there smoothing or zooming or image compression going on here you haven't > seen? Not sure how to tell > What is the file format? JPEG > How big is the image in kilobytes? 656KB > How big is the image in pixels? 2048 x 1536 > > Fuzzy is such a loose word to use here, as the application you use in > windows may actually be doing smoothing without you knowing... I guess I could describe the picture as not being sharp. The line on diagonal straight edges (say a table) are somewhat jagged. Yes "smoothing" would describe what is missing. > > > Sumsung do not provide a Linux driver as such. > > > > Questions: > > * Where in Ubuntu do I go to look at what driver is actually in > > use? > > The driver in Ubuntus case is actually the video card driver... Noted. > > * Are there alternative drivers for my monitor? > > Linux and xorg doesn't do monitor 'drivers' as such ... Noted > > > * Is there a solution to improving the quality of rendering? > > The windows 'driver' is mainly to give hints to the video card about > which screen resolutions to run, which are native and what gamma modes > and colour correction is supported. Mainly so the user doesn't need > to fiddle with them. Noted > > Most of these options in Linux/xorg are configurable, however I'm not > sure if these are changeable from the GUI. Okay, I'll try to investigate that. > This response has been very beneficial to my much needed education. Thank you again . . . Regards, Dave -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
