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From: Neil Stone <neil@×××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] some xorg related questions
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:16:40
Message-Id: 43C6D48B.6000409@flashtek-uk.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] some xorg related questions by Brett Johnson
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4 Brett Johnson wrote:
5 > On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 08:32:00AM +0000, Neil Stone wrote:
6 >
7 >>1. All of my fonts have gone small.. whats up with that, I know I have
8 >>updated a few things, but (afaik) nothing that would cause this to happen
9 >
10 > Did you happen to upgrade x-org? Small fonts can be cause by running X
11 > in low dpi (75x75) with a high resolution (ie 1600x1200). If you
12 > upgraded x-org, and had your xserver configured with a higher dpi
13 > (100x100), there's a chance you're server configuration was reset to the
14 > default 75x75. If this is the case, you need to determine which method
15 > is used to start X and modify the server config file and add -dpi 100
16 > (or what ever value you prefer).
17 >
18 > You can also check your current dpi setting from a terminal in X with
19 > something like:
20 > xdpyinfo | grep -A 3 screen
21 >
22 > You should see something like:
23 > default screen number: 0
24 > number of screens: 1
25 >
26 > screen #0:
27 > dimensions: 1600x1200 pixels (406x305 millimeters)
28 > resolution: 100x100 dots per inch
29 > depths (7): 24, 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, 32
30 >
31 > The resolution line shows the dpi.
32 >
33 > An good docment (slightly dated) that covers fonts is X is:
34 > http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/FDU.html
35 > Section 2.1 and 2.2 talk about some simple chages that can make
36 > a big difference.
37 >
38 > I also found this document which seems to be current, but I have not had
39 > a chance to fully review it yet:
40 > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO/index.html
41 >
42 >
43 >>2. xfs - I can't suss out how to get this installed... and wouw it help
44 >>the above situ ?
45 >
46 > xfs is no longer built by default, and has been moved to a USE flag.
47 > To build xfs you should run the following command to add XFS to your
48 > /etc/portage/package.use file and rebuild X:
49 > echo "x11-base/xorg-x11 font-server" >> /etc/portage/package.use
50 >
51 > You should note that Xft is now the preferred method of handling fonts
52 > in xorg, and Xfs in considered insecure, so that is why it is disabled
53 > by default.
54 >
55 >>3. TwinView.... I saw a few posts of people using this, and I would like
56 >>to have a go... can someone point me at a document that would provide me
57 >>recent, revevant information on being able to use multiple monitors in
58 >>xorg ?
59 >
60 > zless /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-<VERSION>/README.gz
61 > There is a section in there about setting up Twinview using the version
62 > drivers you have installed.
63 >
64 > For more generic information:
65 > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Dual_Monitors
66 >
67 > Brett
68
69 Aha.. between this and Duncan's reply I found how to get my fonts back
70 to normal..... used xdpiinfo to find out i was on 75dpi fonts.. and the
71 xorg changes sugested.. I now have readble text...
72
73 Thanks...
74
75 Now for the nv mods for dual monitor output...
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