Fonts appear corrupt at higher resolutions

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Issue

  • Fonts do not display correctly and appear pixelated or compressed after installation of the OS or addition of a new DVI monitor.

  • Fonts become corrupt when resolution is set above a specific size.

    Photo of the monitor showing corruption

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

  • Dell servers using a DVI display connection

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