Hello, I am having a bit of trouble at work getting a suitable LCD display working with my Linux (FC4) desktop PC. I have tried a few but mostly I think the problem seems to be that the definition/contrast between white and grey is non-existent. Looking at my desktop (KDE) right now with evolution creating this message there are various shades of grey, yet LCD's seem to show this as a single, merged, grey which basically just looks awful. A second simple test was the http://www.redhat.com web site. Trying to get the speckled pattern on the sides of the web page to show seems to be difficult. The last monitor I tried just seemed completely unable to show shades of grey and was way too bright even with the brightness set to zero. I have been told by my manager to try and find some recommended LCD monitors that work well with Linux. What I need is a 17" LCD for general work desktop use. I use KDE, and run evolution, akregator, firefox, etc as X applications. Other than that I tend to use a standard shell prompt (konsole) for commands, and vi to write scripts/programs :-) At present I have a CTX 17" CRT which works fine, but we are trying to move over to LCD's where possible. I would be grateful for any LCD recommendations, or any tips on what to watch out for with LCD's. Thanks, John. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 233914 E-mail: John.Horne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fax: +44 (0)1752 233839
