xcalib error - unsupported ramp size
I'm trying to change the contrast with xcalib
with the command xcalib -co 70
but I get the following error:
Error - unsupported ramp size 0
display colors contrast xcalib
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I'm trying to change the contrast with xcalib
with the command xcalib -co 70
but I get the following error:
Error - unsupported ramp size 0
display colors contrast xcalib
1
According to the xcalib README the last parameter must be an ICC profile, or-a
or-alter
as described in this previous Q&A How to adjust contrast with xcalib
– steeldriver
Jun 29 '17 at 0:42
I tried, same error.
– tomasantunes
Jun 29 '17 at 6:43
@TomásAntunes Have you tried the mentioned solution?
– Anwar
Aug 19 '17 at 15:49
add a comment |
I'm trying to change the contrast with xcalib
with the command xcalib -co 70
but I get the following error:
Error - unsupported ramp size 0
display colors contrast xcalib
I'm trying to change the contrast with xcalib
with the command xcalib -co 70
but I get the following error:
Error - unsupported ramp size 0
display colors contrast xcalib
display colors contrast xcalib
edited Jul 30 '18 at 8:04
Zanna
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50.7k13135241
asked Jun 28 '17 at 23:13
tomasantunestomasantunes
15716
15716
1
According to the xcalib README the last parameter must be an ICC profile, or-a
or-alter
as described in this previous Q&A How to adjust contrast with xcalib
– steeldriver
Jun 29 '17 at 0:42
I tried, same error.
– tomasantunes
Jun 29 '17 at 6:43
@TomásAntunes Have you tried the mentioned solution?
– Anwar
Aug 19 '17 at 15:49
add a comment |
1
According to the xcalib README the last parameter must be an ICC profile, or-a
or-alter
as described in this previous Q&A How to adjust contrast with xcalib
– steeldriver
Jun 29 '17 at 0:42
I tried, same error.
– tomasantunes
Jun 29 '17 at 6:43
@TomásAntunes Have you tried the mentioned solution?
– Anwar
Aug 19 '17 at 15:49
1
1
According to the xcalib README the last parameter must be an ICC profile, or
-a
or -alter
as described in this previous Q&A How to adjust contrast with xcalib– steeldriver
Jun 29 '17 at 0:42
According to the xcalib README the last parameter must be an ICC profile, or
-a
or -alter
as described in this previous Q&A How to adjust contrast with xcalib– steeldriver
Jun 29 '17 at 0:42
I tried, same error.
– tomasantunes
Jun 29 '17 at 6:43
I tried, same error.
– tomasantunes
Jun 29 '17 at 6:43
@TomásAntunes Have you tried the mentioned solution?
– Anwar
Aug 19 '17 at 15:49
@TomásAntunes Have you tried the mentioned solution?
– Anwar
Aug 19 '17 at 15:49
add a comment |
3 Answers
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This is actually a bug as reported upstream in debian and various other places. It seems newer version of X caused this. A user reported a workaround for intel drivers and it worked for me.
First of all, do make sure that the appropriate drivers are actually installed: $ sudo apt install xorg xserver-xorg-video-intel
You need to create a xorg .conf
file to force usage of intel drivers. Create a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
and put these lines there.
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
EndSection
On Ubuntu 18.04 and newer, the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
should contain Driver "intel"
under the Section "Device"
. The Identifier
may be called differently.
Now reboot or restart X (sudo systemctl restart display-manager
).
how can I avoid the reboot?
– erjoalgo
Mar 6 '18 at 5:26
1
You can try restarting X
– Anwar
Mar 6 '18 at 15:06
Thank you. Solved my problem but somehow I didn't find the xorg.conf.d folder inside /etc/X11, I am using Ubuntu 18.04 so I made the directory, placed the file inside that and added the same code to a new file in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/20-intel.conf
– Geppettvs D'Constanzo
Jul 28 '18 at 23:01
This doesn't work in Dell XPS13 Developer Edition: I cannot login after doing this
– Daniel
Aug 23 '18 at 16:09
1
@GeppettvsD'Constanzo what is your system? I have ubuntu 18.04 and thinkpad t460s with intel skylake, does not work for me after creating the file
– sunxd
Oct 9 '18 at 22:22
|
show 1 more comment
On Ubuntu 16.04 and earlier
The other answer has worked for me quite well.
On Ubuntu 18.04
I came across this thread stating that the xcalib
in the Ubuntu repository is too old - built in 2008. There have been updates to the xcalib repository. So, you can clone the git repository from there, and build and install.
Firstly, you need to have git, make and cmake:
sudo apt install git cmake make
You will also require the following libraries:
sudo apt install libx11-dev libxrandr-dev libxxf86vm-dev
And the main steps:
git clone https://github.com/OpenICC/xcalib.git
cd xcalib
cmake CMakeLists.txt
sudo make install
You can uninstall by running:
sudo make uninstall
One (those new to Linux) can search for these by
apt-cache search [some-keyword]
Besides,
My Experience
For me (on XPS 9570) (and at least one more), the other solution didn't work on Ubuntu 18.04 - it simply didn't work, besides the fact that it disables brightness keys. I have relied on that solution for inverting screen colours for quite some time - it did work on (X)Ubuntu 16.04, Debian Stretch.
Now, thanks to google - I have been googling since more 3 days - to me, it seems google keeps searching for your query when you're offline, so that it can give you more relevant results when you search for it again.
add a comment |
As described by @Serge Stroobandt I created the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
file and put these lines there
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
EndSection
This eliminated the 'unsupported ramp size' error but created a new missing letters issue. I then proceeded to modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
to contain the following body. This fixed the missing letters issue. But now I take a big performance hit. I wish there was a better solution. I tried @WorkWise Tweak Tool > Fonts > Antialiasing change from Subpixels Antialiasing to Standard Grayscale Aliasing
but it didn't fix the missing letters issue.
For now just put this body in your 20-intel.conf
file and that's as good as it's going to get.
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
Option "AccelMethod" "uxa"
EndSection
Option "AccelMethod" "string"
Select acceleration method. There are a couple of backends available for accelerating the DDX. "UXA" (Unified Acceleration Architecture) is the mature backend that was introduced to support the GEM driver model. It is in the process of being superseded by "SNA" (Sandybridge's New Acceleration). Until that process is complete, the ability to choose which backend to use remains for backwards compatibility. In addition, there are a pair of sub-options to limit the acceleration for debugging use. Specify "off" or "none" to disable all acceleration, or "blt" to disable render acceleration and only use the BLT engine.
Default: use SNA (render acceleration)
Source
As demonstrated in SNA Acceleration vs. UXA Acceleration, the default and newer SNA acceleration method is twice as fast if it works.
– Serge Stroobandt
2 days ago
add a comment |
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This is actually a bug as reported upstream in debian and various other places. It seems newer version of X caused this. A user reported a workaround for intel drivers and it worked for me.
First of all, do make sure that the appropriate drivers are actually installed: $ sudo apt install xorg xserver-xorg-video-intel
You need to create a xorg .conf
file to force usage of intel drivers. Create a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
and put these lines there.
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
EndSection
On Ubuntu 18.04 and newer, the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
should contain Driver "intel"
under the Section "Device"
. The Identifier
may be called differently.
Now reboot or restart X (sudo systemctl restart display-manager
).
how can I avoid the reboot?
– erjoalgo
Mar 6 '18 at 5:26
1
You can try restarting X
– Anwar
Mar 6 '18 at 15:06
Thank you. Solved my problem but somehow I didn't find the xorg.conf.d folder inside /etc/X11, I am using Ubuntu 18.04 so I made the directory, placed the file inside that and added the same code to a new file in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/20-intel.conf
– Geppettvs D'Constanzo
Jul 28 '18 at 23:01
This doesn't work in Dell XPS13 Developer Edition: I cannot login after doing this
– Daniel
Aug 23 '18 at 16:09
1
@GeppettvsD'Constanzo what is your system? I have ubuntu 18.04 and thinkpad t460s with intel skylake, does not work for me after creating the file
– sunxd
Oct 9 '18 at 22:22
|
show 1 more comment
This is actually a bug as reported upstream in debian and various other places. It seems newer version of X caused this. A user reported a workaround for intel drivers and it worked for me.
First of all, do make sure that the appropriate drivers are actually installed: $ sudo apt install xorg xserver-xorg-video-intel
You need to create a xorg .conf
file to force usage of intel drivers. Create a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
and put these lines there.
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
EndSection
On Ubuntu 18.04 and newer, the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
should contain Driver "intel"
under the Section "Device"
. The Identifier
may be called differently.
Now reboot or restart X (sudo systemctl restart display-manager
).
how can I avoid the reboot?
– erjoalgo
Mar 6 '18 at 5:26
1
You can try restarting X
– Anwar
Mar 6 '18 at 15:06
Thank you. Solved my problem but somehow I didn't find the xorg.conf.d folder inside /etc/X11, I am using Ubuntu 18.04 so I made the directory, placed the file inside that and added the same code to a new file in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/20-intel.conf
– Geppettvs D'Constanzo
Jul 28 '18 at 23:01
This doesn't work in Dell XPS13 Developer Edition: I cannot login after doing this
– Daniel
Aug 23 '18 at 16:09
1
@GeppettvsD'Constanzo what is your system? I have ubuntu 18.04 and thinkpad t460s with intel skylake, does not work for me after creating the file
– sunxd
Oct 9 '18 at 22:22
|
show 1 more comment
This is actually a bug as reported upstream in debian and various other places. It seems newer version of X caused this. A user reported a workaround for intel drivers and it worked for me.
First of all, do make sure that the appropriate drivers are actually installed: $ sudo apt install xorg xserver-xorg-video-intel
You need to create a xorg .conf
file to force usage of intel drivers. Create a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
and put these lines there.
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
EndSection
On Ubuntu 18.04 and newer, the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
should contain Driver "intel"
under the Section "Device"
. The Identifier
may be called differently.
Now reboot or restart X (sudo systemctl restart display-manager
).
This is actually a bug as reported upstream in debian and various other places. It seems newer version of X caused this. A user reported a workaround for intel drivers and it worked for me.
First of all, do make sure that the appropriate drivers are actually installed: $ sudo apt install xorg xserver-xorg-video-intel
You need to create a xorg .conf
file to force usage of intel drivers. Create a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
and put these lines there.
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
EndSection
On Ubuntu 18.04 and newer, the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
should contain Driver "intel"
under the Section "Device"
. The Identifier
may be called differently.
Now reboot or restart X (sudo systemctl restart display-manager
).
edited 2 days ago
Serge Stroobandt
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2,0721933
answered Aug 12 '17 at 11:00
AnwarAnwar
56.3k22146253
56.3k22146253
how can I avoid the reboot?
– erjoalgo
Mar 6 '18 at 5:26
1
You can try restarting X
– Anwar
Mar 6 '18 at 15:06
Thank you. Solved my problem but somehow I didn't find the xorg.conf.d folder inside /etc/X11, I am using Ubuntu 18.04 so I made the directory, placed the file inside that and added the same code to a new file in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/20-intel.conf
– Geppettvs D'Constanzo
Jul 28 '18 at 23:01
This doesn't work in Dell XPS13 Developer Edition: I cannot login after doing this
– Daniel
Aug 23 '18 at 16:09
1
@GeppettvsD'Constanzo what is your system? I have ubuntu 18.04 and thinkpad t460s with intel skylake, does not work for me after creating the file
– sunxd
Oct 9 '18 at 22:22
|
show 1 more comment
how can I avoid the reboot?
– erjoalgo
Mar 6 '18 at 5:26
1
You can try restarting X
– Anwar
Mar 6 '18 at 15:06
Thank you. Solved my problem but somehow I didn't find the xorg.conf.d folder inside /etc/X11, I am using Ubuntu 18.04 so I made the directory, placed the file inside that and added the same code to a new file in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/20-intel.conf
– Geppettvs D'Constanzo
Jul 28 '18 at 23:01
This doesn't work in Dell XPS13 Developer Edition: I cannot login after doing this
– Daniel
Aug 23 '18 at 16:09
1
@GeppettvsD'Constanzo what is your system? I have ubuntu 18.04 and thinkpad t460s with intel skylake, does not work for me after creating the file
– sunxd
Oct 9 '18 at 22:22
how can I avoid the reboot?
– erjoalgo
Mar 6 '18 at 5:26
how can I avoid the reboot?
– erjoalgo
Mar 6 '18 at 5:26
1
1
You can try restarting X
– Anwar
Mar 6 '18 at 15:06
You can try restarting X
– Anwar
Mar 6 '18 at 15:06
Thank you. Solved my problem but somehow I didn't find the xorg.conf.d folder inside /etc/X11, I am using Ubuntu 18.04 so I made the directory, placed the file inside that and added the same code to a new file in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/20-intel.conf
– Geppettvs D'Constanzo
Jul 28 '18 at 23:01
Thank you. Solved my problem but somehow I didn't find the xorg.conf.d folder inside /etc/X11, I am using Ubuntu 18.04 so I made the directory, placed the file inside that and added the same code to a new file in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/20-intel.conf
– Geppettvs D'Constanzo
Jul 28 '18 at 23:01
This doesn't work in Dell XPS13 Developer Edition: I cannot login after doing this
– Daniel
Aug 23 '18 at 16:09
This doesn't work in Dell XPS13 Developer Edition: I cannot login after doing this
– Daniel
Aug 23 '18 at 16:09
1
1
@GeppettvsD'Constanzo what is your system? I have ubuntu 18.04 and thinkpad t460s with intel skylake, does not work for me after creating the file
– sunxd
Oct 9 '18 at 22:22
@GeppettvsD'Constanzo what is your system? I have ubuntu 18.04 and thinkpad t460s with intel skylake, does not work for me after creating the file
– sunxd
Oct 9 '18 at 22:22
|
show 1 more comment
On Ubuntu 16.04 and earlier
The other answer has worked for me quite well.
On Ubuntu 18.04
I came across this thread stating that the xcalib
in the Ubuntu repository is too old - built in 2008. There have been updates to the xcalib repository. So, you can clone the git repository from there, and build and install.
Firstly, you need to have git, make and cmake:
sudo apt install git cmake make
You will also require the following libraries:
sudo apt install libx11-dev libxrandr-dev libxxf86vm-dev
And the main steps:
git clone https://github.com/OpenICC/xcalib.git
cd xcalib
cmake CMakeLists.txt
sudo make install
You can uninstall by running:
sudo make uninstall
One (those new to Linux) can search for these by
apt-cache search [some-keyword]
Besides,
My Experience
For me (on XPS 9570) (and at least one more), the other solution didn't work on Ubuntu 18.04 - it simply didn't work, besides the fact that it disables brightness keys. I have relied on that solution for inverting screen colours for quite some time - it did work on (X)Ubuntu 16.04, Debian Stretch.
Now, thanks to google - I have been googling since more 3 days - to me, it seems google keeps searching for your query when you're offline, so that it can give you more relevant results when you search for it again.
add a comment |
On Ubuntu 16.04 and earlier
The other answer has worked for me quite well.
On Ubuntu 18.04
I came across this thread stating that the xcalib
in the Ubuntu repository is too old - built in 2008. There have been updates to the xcalib repository. So, you can clone the git repository from there, and build and install.
Firstly, you need to have git, make and cmake:
sudo apt install git cmake make
You will also require the following libraries:
sudo apt install libx11-dev libxrandr-dev libxxf86vm-dev
And the main steps:
git clone https://github.com/OpenICC/xcalib.git
cd xcalib
cmake CMakeLists.txt
sudo make install
You can uninstall by running:
sudo make uninstall
One (those new to Linux) can search for these by
apt-cache search [some-keyword]
Besides,
My Experience
For me (on XPS 9570) (and at least one more), the other solution didn't work on Ubuntu 18.04 - it simply didn't work, besides the fact that it disables brightness keys. I have relied on that solution for inverting screen colours for quite some time - it did work on (X)Ubuntu 16.04, Debian Stretch.
Now, thanks to google - I have been googling since more 3 days - to me, it seems google keeps searching for your query when you're offline, so that it can give you more relevant results when you search for it again.
add a comment |
On Ubuntu 16.04 and earlier
The other answer has worked for me quite well.
On Ubuntu 18.04
I came across this thread stating that the xcalib
in the Ubuntu repository is too old - built in 2008. There have been updates to the xcalib repository. So, you can clone the git repository from there, and build and install.
Firstly, you need to have git, make and cmake:
sudo apt install git cmake make
You will also require the following libraries:
sudo apt install libx11-dev libxrandr-dev libxxf86vm-dev
And the main steps:
git clone https://github.com/OpenICC/xcalib.git
cd xcalib
cmake CMakeLists.txt
sudo make install
You can uninstall by running:
sudo make uninstall
One (those new to Linux) can search for these by
apt-cache search [some-keyword]
Besides,
My Experience
For me (on XPS 9570) (and at least one more), the other solution didn't work on Ubuntu 18.04 - it simply didn't work, besides the fact that it disables brightness keys. I have relied on that solution for inverting screen colours for quite some time - it did work on (X)Ubuntu 16.04, Debian Stretch.
Now, thanks to google - I have been googling since more 3 days - to me, it seems google keeps searching for your query when you're offline, so that it can give you more relevant results when you search for it again.
On Ubuntu 16.04 and earlier
The other answer has worked for me quite well.
On Ubuntu 18.04
I came across this thread stating that the xcalib
in the Ubuntu repository is too old - built in 2008. There have been updates to the xcalib repository. So, you can clone the git repository from there, and build and install.
Firstly, you need to have git, make and cmake:
sudo apt install git cmake make
You will also require the following libraries:
sudo apt install libx11-dev libxrandr-dev libxxf86vm-dev
And the main steps:
git clone https://github.com/OpenICC/xcalib.git
cd xcalib
cmake CMakeLists.txt
sudo make install
You can uninstall by running:
sudo make uninstall
One (those new to Linux) can search for these by
apt-cache search [some-keyword]
Besides,
My Experience
For me (on XPS 9570) (and at least one more), the other solution didn't work on Ubuntu 18.04 - it simply didn't work, besides the fact that it disables brightness keys. I have relied on that solution for inverting screen colours for quite some time - it did work on (X)Ubuntu 16.04, Debian Stretch.
Now, thanks to google - I have been googling since more 3 days - to me, it seems google keeps searching for your query when you're offline, so that it can give you more relevant results when you search for it again.
answered Oct 26 '18 at 14:07
Shubham1999Shubham1999
213
213
add a comment |
add a comment |
As described by @Serge Stroobandt I created the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
file and put these lines there
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
EndSection
This eliminated the 'unsupported ramp size' error but created a new missing letters issue. I then proceeded to modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
to contain the following body. This fixed the missing letters issue. But now I take a big performance hit. I wish there was a better solution. I tried @WorkWise Tweak Tool > Fonts > Antialiasing change from Subpixels Antialiasing to Standard Grayscale Aliasing
but it didn't fix the missing letters issue.
For now just put this body in your 20-intel.conf
file and that's as good as it's going to get.
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
Option "AccelMethod" "uxa"
EndSection
Option "AccelMethod" "string"
Select acceleration method. There are a couple of backends available for accelerating the DDX. "UXA" (Unified Acceleration Architecture) is the mature backend that was introduced to support the GEM driver model. It is in the process of being superseded by "SNA" (Sandybridge's New Acceleration). Until that process is complete, the ability to choose which backend to use remains for backwards compatibility. In addition, there are a pair of sub-options to limit the acceleration for debugging use. Specify "off" or "none" to disable all acceleration, or "blt" to disable render acceleration and only use the BLT engine.
Default: use SNA (render acceleration)
Source
As demonstrated in SNA Acceleration vs. UXA Acceleration, the default and newer SNA acceleration method is twice as fast if it works.
– Serge Stroobandt
2 days ago
add a comment |
As described by @Serge Stroobandt I created the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
file and put these lines there
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
EndSection
This eliminated the 'unsupported ramp size' error but created a new missing letters issue. I then proceeded to modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
to contain the following body. This fixed the missing letters issue. But now I take a big performance hit. I wish there was a better solution. I tried @WorkWise Tweak Tool > Fonts > Antialiasing change from Subpixels Antialiasing to Standard Grayscale Aliasing
but it didn't fix the missing letters issue.
For now just put this body in your 20-intel.conf
file and that's as good as it's going to get.
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
Option "AccelMethod" "uxa"
EndSection
Option "AccelMethod" "string"
Select acceleration method. There are a couple of backends available for accelerating the DDX. "UXA" (Unified Acceleration Architecture) is the mature backend that was introduced to support the GEM driver model. It is in the process of being superseded by "SNA" (Sandybridge's New Acceleration). Until that process is complete, the ability to choose which backend to use remains for backwards compatibility. In addition, there are a pair of sub-options to limit the acceleration for debugging use. Specify "off" or "none" to disable all acceleration, or "blt" to disable render acceleration and only use the BLT engine.
Default: use SNA (render acceleration)
Source
As demonstrated in SNA Acceleration vs. UXA Acceleration, the default and newer SNA acceleration method is twice as fast if it works.
– Serge Stroobandt
2 days ago
add a comment |
As described by @Serge Stroobandt I created the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
file and put these lines there
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
EndSection
This eliminated the 'unsupported ramp size' error but created a new missing letters issue. I then proceeded to modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
to contain the following body. This fixed the missing letters issue. But now I take a big performance hit. I wish there was a better solution. I tried @WorkWise Tweak Tool > Fonts > Antialiasing change from Subpixels Antialiasing to Standard Grayscale Aliasing
but it didn't fix the missing letters issue.
For now just put this body in your 20-intel.conf
file and that's as good as it's going to get.
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
Option "AccelMethod" "uxa"
EndSection
Option "AccelMethod" "string"
Select acceleration method. There are a couple of backends available for accelerating the DDX. "UXA" (Unified Acceleration Architecture) is the mature backend that was introduced to support the GEM driver model. It is in the process of being superseded by "SNA" (Sandybridge's New Acceleration). Until that process is complete, the ability to choose which backend to use remains for backwards compatibility. In addition, there are a pair of sub-options to limit the acceleration for debugging use. Specify "off" or "none" to disable all acceleration, or "blt" to disable render acceleration and only use the BLT engine.
Default: use SNA (render acceleration)
Source
As described by @Serge Stroobandt I created the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
file and put these lines there
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
EndSection
This eliminated the 'unsupported ramp size' error but created a new missing letters issue. I then proceeded to modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
to contain the following body. This fixed the missing letters issue. But now I take a big performance hit. I wish there was a better solution. I tried @WorkWise Tweak Tool > Fonts > Antialiasing change from Subpixels Antialiasing to Standard Grayscale Aliasing
but it didn't fix the missing letters issue.
For now just put this body in your 20-intel.conf
file and that's as good as it's going to get.
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
Option "AccelMethod" "uxa"
EndSection
Option "AccelMethod" "string"
Select acceleration method. There are a couple of backends available for accelerating the DDX. "UXA" (Unified Acceleration Architecture) is the mature backend that was introduced to support the GEM driver model. It is in the process of being superseded by "SNA" (Sandybridge's New Acceleration). Until that process is complete, the ability to choose which backend to use remains for backwards compatibility. In addition, there are a pair of sub-options to limit the acceleration for debugging use. Specify "off" or "none" to disable all acceleration, or "blt" to disable render acceleration and only use the BLT engine.
Default: use SNA (render acceleration)
Source
edited 2 days ago
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As demonstrated in SNA Acceleration vs. UXA Acceleration, the default and newer SNA acceleration method is twice as fast if it works.
– Serge Stroobandt
2 days ago
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As demonstrated in SNA Acceleration vs. UXA Acceleration, the default and newer SNA acceleration method is twice as fast if it works.
– Serge Stroobandt
2 days ago
As demonstrated in SNA Acceleration vs. UXA Acceleration, the default and newer SNA acceleration method is twice as fast if it works.
– Serge Stroobandt
2 days ago
As demonstrated in SNA Acceleration vs. UXA Acceleration, the default and newer SNA acceleration method is twice as fast if it works.
– Serge Stroobandt
2 days ago
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According to the xcalib README the last parameter must be an ICC profile, or
-a
or-alter
as described in this previous Q&A How to adjust contrast with xcalib– steeldriver
Jun 29 '17 at 0:42
I tried, same error.
– tomasantunes
Jun 29 '17 at 6:43
@TomásAntunes Have you tried the mentioned solution?
– Anwar
Aug 19 '17 at 15:49