Can Puppy use a monitor profile from Windows XP?

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Can Puppy use a monitor profile from Windows XP?

#1 Post by tubeguy »

I used to run XP on my Satellite A25-S207 and had a monitor profile set up. Is there a way to use that profile with Puppy 4.3/Xorg?

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#2 Post by fernan »

Hi,

I think that xcalib is what you need: http://xcalib.sourceforge.net/
xcalib is a tiny monitor calibration loader for XFree86 (or X.org) and MS-Windows.
This pages will be helpful:
http://jcornuz.wordpress.com/2007/09/26 ... monitor-i/
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-636874.html

I think you need to install Little CMS ( http://www.littlecms.com/ ) or argyll (http://www.argyllcms.com/) in order to use any Color management in linux, and I don't know if it's already installed in Puppy.

Color managed applications (as GIMP or Scribus) let you choose a monitor profile in the software preferences. But I think it won't work without LCMS or Argill.

Anyway, using a monitor profile created in other OS will not be accurate. A monitor profile works only in a particular condition, that includes video hardware and software.

It will be better to install Little CMS and Lprof, and create a new profile in Linux.

Lprof: http://lprof.sourceforge.net/help/monitor.html

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#3 Post by tubeguy »

Thanks fernan!

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