very clear-bright colors on the desktop

[Arnout Lok]

On 6/28/06, LarryT <guess.who at freesurf.fr> wrote:
> Dections are good, but colors very clear and bright. On the same pc i
> have fc5, and colors are good :-/
>
> Here is my xorg.conf :
>
> Section "Monitor"
>
>   ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
>          Identifier   "Monitor0"
>          VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>          ModelName    "Sony CPD-20SF2T5"
>          DisplaySize  390        290
>   ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
>          HorizSync    30.0 - 85.0
>          VertRefresh  48.0 - 150.0
>          Option      "dpms"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>          Identifier  "Videocard0"
>          Driver      "nv"
>          VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>          BoardName   "nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000 AGP 8x]"
> EndSection

I had the same with the nv-driver. (even during the graphical
installation) The gamma was set to 2.2. And it couldn't be altered.
After a ' yum update', which got me a new nv-driver, it was resolved.

Arnout Lok