Subj : Re: big problem with text sharpness
To   : comp.os.linux
From : berger
Date : Thu Jun 17 2004 11:38 am

Rory Baker <theroryking@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:<BUeAc.6507$Oi1.2169@newssvr24.news.prodigy.com>...
> Open up a terminal, and run the command:
> XFree86 -version
> 
> (Although the name of the command might be different, depending on your 
> setup). Running Mandrake 10.0, my XFree server gives the following output:
> 
> XFree86 Version 4.3.0.1
> Release Date: 15 August 2003
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
> Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.3-3mdkenterprise i686 [ELF]
> Build Date: 24 March 2004
> 
> Even if you're working with 4.2.x, I wouldn't be worried. But if you've 
> got a much older version, then I'd probably consider an upgrade. From my 
> (limited) experience, upgrading the X server is much more difficult than 
> upgrading the kernel, so perhaps you'd rather consider a switch to a 
> paper-based environment? :-) Also, I believe another poster mentioned 
> something about default drivers VS the nvidia drivers. As far as I can 
> tell, the only improvement gained by using the nvidia drivers is actual 
> video speed... although I don't have the same problem as you, so it 
> might fix it.

Thanks, I checked the version and got the following:

XFree86 Version 4.3.0 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 release:
4.3.0-55.EL)
Release Date: 15 August 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.21-2.ELsmp i686 [ELF]
Build Date: 12 February 2004

So the X server seems to be up to date.

I notice however, the build operating system above is different from
what I get from uname -a, which is:

Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.21-9.0.3.ELsmp #1 SMP Tue Apr 20
19:44:23 EDT 2004 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

Was the X server built for the wrong kernel? 

Regards,

Michael

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